Serious traffic accident in Mariazell: 17-year-old seriously injured

Serious traffic accident in Mariazell: 17-year-old seriously injured

Mariazell, October 7, 2024 - on Monday morning, shortly after 6 a.m., a serious traffic accident took place on the B20 near Mariazell, especially in the Gollrad district. In this incident, a car collided head-on with a small truck. The young driver of the car, a 17-year-old from the Amstetten district (Lower Austria), was seriously injured and was trapped in his vehicle.

The passenger of the car, also 17 years old and from the Scheibbs district (Lower Austria), as well as the driver and front passenger of the small truck, 52 years and 25 years old and from the Bruck-Mürzzuschlag district, were luckily only slightly injured. They were able to leave their vehicles on their own while the trapped young man needed immediate help.

rescue measures and transports

The 17-year-old received the first aid from an emergency doctor after the volunteer fire brigades Mariazell and Gollrad had used hydraulic rescue equipment to free him. Because of the severity of his injuries, the young person had to be put into an artificial deep sleep on site. He was then flown to the University Hospital Wiener Neustadt with the rescue helicopter Christophorus 3 to get further medical treatment.

The other three parties involved in the accident, who fortunately only suffered minor injuries, were brought to the State Hospital in Hochsteiermark in Bruck an der Mur by rescue. In the rescue operation, both the Red Cross Bruck-Mürzzuschlag and the Red Cross Mariazellerland were used with several emergency doctors and emergency vehicles. The police, the road maintenance department and the volunteer fire departments were also on site to cope with the Situation.

accident course and investigation

After initial investigations by the police, the 17-year-old driver of the car seems to have been on the oncoming lane at around 6:20 a.m. for reasons unknown, while on the B20 from Gußwerk towards Bruck an der Mur. This led to the severe collision with the oncoming small truck on road kilometers 96.4. The exact circumstances that led to this accident are currently being investigated.

A large number of emergency services and emergency services were mobilized to quickly secure the accident site and to supply the injured. The experts hope to gain more clarity about the causes of this tragic incident through the ongoing investigation. Further information is on in a current report to find www.feuerwehr-mariazell.at .