Car accident in Bad Goisern: driver remains trapped in the supermarket!

Car accident in Bad Goisern: driver remains trapped in the supermarket!

On Easter Sunday morning there was a serious traffic accident on the B145 in Bad Goisern, Upper Austria. A car drove off the road in the area of ​​a roundabout and crashed head-on into a supermarket. The 26-year-old driver was trapped in the wreckage of the vehicle and was unable to escape on his own. The fire departments from Bad Goisern and St. Agatha were contacted immediately and carried out extensive rescue work to free the injured man.

The fire department used hydraulic rescue equipment, including spreaders and scissors. First, the emergency services stabilized the position of the accident vehicle in order to avoid further injuries from overturning or slipping. Since the doors could not be opened, an initial opening was created. By breaking a side window, rescuers were able to communicate with the patient and assess his condition.

Challenging rescue mission

The entire rescue process required a lot of precision. To ensure safe extrication in traffic accidents like this, the patient's spine is stabilized with a spineboard to minimize possible injuries. The aim of the rescue is to gently lift the patient out of the vehicle and transport them to the clinic. The fire brigades are working intensively to limit the time until the patient is handed over to the emergency services to a maximum of 60 minutes. The traffic accident in Bad Goisern was reached within 20 minutes of the emergency call and the rescue took around 20 minutes. This is part of the so-called “Golden Hour of Shock,” which is critical to survival in emergencies.

After the successful rescue, the driver was taken to a hospital. During the rescue work, the accident vehicle also had to be recovered and the road had to be cleaned of spilled operating materials. The supermarket into which the vehicle crashed suffered significant material damage, including a destroyed glass facade that had to be temporarily secured. The police have started an investigation into the cause of the accident in order to clarify the exact circumstances of the incident.

Traffic accidents of this type are not only a common problem in Austria. According to Eurostat, road safety and effective rescue measures are key issues in the European Union. Regular fire brigade exercises are intended to help maximize routine and efficiency in rescue operations and thus further increase the chances of successfully rescuing patients.

To find out more about technical assistance in the event of traffic accidents, FFMR offers comprehensive information on the measures and processes during such operations. The need for well-planned rescue operations becomes particularly clear in serious traffic accidents such as those in Bad Goisern.

The rapid and coordinated response of the emergency services made a significant contribution to rescuing the driver in this exceptional situation. It remains to be hoped that the police investigation will soon clarify the cause of the accident.

The operations of the fire brigades are of central importance for further reporting and preventive measures solutions. [oe24](https://www.oe24.at/oesterreich/chronik/oberoesterreich/pkw-crasht-in-supermarkt-lenker-26-einge Klemmt/630790816) offers current information about events in the region and their background.