On Tuesday evening, a minibus carrying eight people fell into a roadside ditch on the Ennstal Road (B320) in Pongau.
Seven passengers were injured. The vehicle was driven by a 26-year-old Romanian. According to the police, the driver lost control of the car during an overtaking manoeuvre on the road covered with slushy snow. The accident occurred at Mandling on the border of Salzburg and Styria.
The vehicle veered off the road and tipped over. The injured were taken to hospitals in Schwarzach in Pongau and Schladming. An alcohol test on the driver was negative.
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