School bus accident in Pöndorf: Driver and child escape the worst!

School bus accident in Pöndorf: Driver and child escape the worst!

Untermühlham, Österreich - This Friday morning, January 10, 2025, a threatening school bus accident occurred in Pöndorf. A 46-year-old driver from the Braunau district was on a smooth municipal road towards Untermühlham when the accident passed around 7 a.m. After a strong left curve, she lost control of the school bus, which then tipped over to the right side at a bridge and came to lie in a meadow. Like 5min.at , was only a 10-year-old student from the Vöcklabruck district as a passenger on the bus, which was lucky.

The two occupants, the driver and the students, were quickly cared for and taken to the Vöcklabruck Clinic in the Salzkammergut. "The driver freed the boy, and both were able to leave the bus independently," said Thomas Ramsauer, commander of the fire brigade Pöndorf and head of operations. Fortunately, both of them only wore minor injuries, while the student got away with a few blue spots. The cause of the accident is suspected in a mirror -smooth road to the bridge, where the water collected and frozen at night, like Nachrichten. reported.

The incident happily occurred immediately in front of the bridge, otherwise the bus could have fallen into the stream. "If the bus had overturned one and a half meters further, it would have fallen into the stream," added Ramsauer. For the firefighters of the volunteer fire brigades Pöndorf and Volkerding, it was a complex use that was carried out quickly and efficiently.