Two dead in tragic traffic accident in Waidhofen an der Thaya!

Two dead in tragic traffic accident in Waidhofen an der Thaya!

On January 6, 2025, a tragic traffic accident occurred in the Waidhofen district on Thaya, Lower Austria, in which two car drivers died. The accident happened when a 61-year-old driver got into oncoming traffic on the state road B 2 and collided head-on with an oncoming vehicle that was directed by a 44-year-old. Both drivers suffered such serious injuries that they died at the scene of the accident, such as apa -otot . The exact cause of this tragic incident has not yet been determined, and the investigation continues.

This incident is a dark start to the new year, because Austria has had two letters since the beginning of the year, which corresponds to a significant acceptance compared to the previous year - in 2024 there were four and 2023 even eight deaths in the same first days. In the first months of the year there were also alarming figures: In the first two months of 2023, 47 people died in road traffic, which was based on the continued danger on Austria's streets, as the krone reported.

In a terrible week there were several other fatal traffic accidents, which lost a total of nine lives. A particularly serious accident occurred in Salzburg, where a car driver with his two passengers had an accident after losing control of his vehicle on a snow-covered road. Such incidents illustrate the critical risks to which road users are exposed and which are often caused by carelessness or unadjusted speed. So far, most people in road traffic died in Lower Austria in Lower Austria, which is a serious signal for traffic safety in the country.