Drama on the A4: Several injuries after serious traffic accident!

On Monday evening, December 16, 2024, there was a dramatic traffic catastrophe on the A4 Ostutobahn in the municipality of Schwechat. Around 7.44 p.m., a 30-year-old Romanian drove her car, in which her little daughter and her niece sat, at a very low speed to watch a previous accident on the opposite lane. However, the safety distance was not sufficient when a 55-year-old Viennese underestimated the speed difference of the slow-moving vehicle and relyed on the Romanian car. In the chaos that arose on the second lane, a 29-year-old Slovak, who was traveling with a small truck, could not prevent him from crushing the German vehicle rear. According to the Lower Austria State Police Directorate, the inmates of the first two vehicles were injured indefinitely and transported to the University Hospital Wiener Neustadt. However, it hit the passenger of the Slovak, who suffered great head injuries and had to be flown to the state clinic in Baden, such as 5min.at reported .

While the rescue workers and the police took care of the injured people, the willingness to work by the Schwechat fire brigade was asked. The volunteer fire brigade was alerted with the alarm keyword "Human rescue - four trapped people", but soon it turned out that no people were trapped, which made the emergency services easier. While they were busy cleaning up, another terrible accident happened on the opposite lane. The fire brigade even had to listen to the callers' calls for help, who could describe the situation because the chaos spread on the highway. Due to the blocking of the lanes, there were considerable traffic disruptions and long traffic jams in both directions of travel, such as "https://www.meinbezirk.at/schwechat/c-lokales/feuerwehr-befreite-schwerkhnen-lenker_a7069009" target = "_ blank"> meindezirk.at reported .

rescue alley essential

The clean -up work went into the late evening, with the fire brigade being used for around five hours. It was urgently appealed to all road users to form a rescue alley in order to be able to help at the scene of the accident as quickly as possible. "We therefore appeal to every handlebar and every handlebar to immediately form a rescue alley on the motorways and expressways. This is essential to quickly arrive at the scene of the accident and help the injured people," emphasized Alexander Paul from the Schwechat fire brigade. These tragic events underline the need for a safe driving style and a rapid support of the emergency services in an emergency.