Dramatic traffic accident in Graz: 81-year-old in mortal danger!

Dramatic traffic accident in Graz: 81-year-old in mortal danger!

Graz St. Peter, Österreich - A dramatic traffic accident shook the Graz area yesterday. In Graz St. Peter, an 81-year-old driver lost control of his vehicle around 5.15 p.m., apparently triggered by a medical emergency. The driver first collided with a traffic sign and then raced into a car standing at the traffic light, the authorities report. Fortunately, there were several passers-by who immediately made first aid and made the emergency call, such as meinbezirk.at reported. The condition of the 81-year-old is critical because he had to be reanimated on site before he was transported to the LKH Graz. A alcohol test carried out failed negatively, which leads the investigators to assume that a health problem was the trigger for the accident.

Witnesses report frightening incident

The witnesses of the incident describe that the man had passed out before the accident, which made the exceptional situation all the more threatening. The other driver who was involved in the accident was not injured and was able to communicate the first Details about the action. After the impact, the Petersgasse was closed for about an hour to enable the accident recording by the police, informed steiermark.Ork.at . It is still being examined what exactly led to the medical emergency, since the driver himself could not yet be interviewed.