Accident with a police car in Steinach: three injured in collision

Accident with a police car in Steinach: three injured in collision

A serious traffic accident in Tyrol caused excitement on Friday. A 19-year-old Austrian got into a collision with a police vehicle. This incident occurred in Steinach am Brenner, in the Innsbruck-Land district, and ultimately led to three injuries.

The young man had overlooked the police vehicle when leaving a company car park. This resulted in the police car got oncoming and broken up frontally with the car of a 67-year-old Austrian. The two police officers and a passenger in the third vehicle suffered injuries that made immediate medical treatment necessary.

Details on the course of the accident

The policewoman who steered the vehicle of the emergency services tried to avoid the collision through evasive maneuvers, but this did not succeed. Both the policewoman and her colleague in the passenger seat were injured in the impact and had to be taken to Hall, together with the passenger of the other vehicle.

The accident occurred on the Brennerbundesstraße (B182), which was closed for a long time due to the accident. The police reported a massive traffic disability, which resulted from the need to remove the affected vehicles from the street.

The seriousness of the injuries of those affected is currently still unclear, but every incident, like this one, is a serious reminder for all road users to remain attentive and not to lose sight of their own safety and that of others. For more details about this incident, See the current reporting on www.sn.at .