After the alarm was triggered, further reports came in. Now there was talk of an accident on the Vienna Outer Ring Motorway and a car behind the guardrail. Upon arrival, it quickly became clear that it was not a vehicle fire, but a human rescue after a severe accident.
Severely Injured in Horror Crash on Vienna Outer Ring Highway
28-01-2025, 07:21
On Monday, the volunteer fire departments of Heiligenkreuz, Alland, and Groisbach were alerted due to a burning vehicle on the Vienna Outer Ring Motorway between Heiligenkreuz and Mayerling.
Horror Crash on Vienna Outer Ring Motorway: Audi Breaks Through Guardrail
The driver of an Audi had lost control of his car, broke through the right guardrail, hit a traffic sign, was thrown into the air, and got stuck in a group of trees. According to the police, the 28-year-old had overtaken a car on the right, then skidded.
A following driver, who is also a member of the Eichgraben Volunteer Fire Department and a paramedic, stopped immediately and thus became the first helper on the scene. Even before the first rescue teams arrived, he was able to free the driver trapped in the wreckage through the passenger side. Subsequently, the firefighters lifted the injured person with a scoop stretcher out of the ditch and brought him back to the road, so that the ambulance service and emergency doctor could treat the seriously injured, while the requested rescue helicopter Christophorus 9 was already approaching.
Seriously Injured Flown to Hospital After Horror Crash on Vienna Outer Ring Motorway
Since it was not definitively established whether there might have been more passengers in the car - a child seat was present in the vehicle - the accident site was searched with a thermal imaging camera and flashlights. However, no additional person could be located. The FF Heiligenkreuz provided support to the rescue services, the FF Groisbach took over additional blocking measures, and the FF Alland provided fire and visual protection. The lane of the Vienna Outer Ring Motorway towards Steinhäusl had to be completely blocked between Heiligenkreuz and Mayerling for the night landing of the rescue helicopter, and traffic was diverted by the police and ASFiNAG. After the seriously injured driver was flown to a trauma hospital by the rescue helicopter and the car was recovered by the Alland fire department with a swap body vehicle crane, the blockage of the Vienna Outer Ring Motorway could be lifted shortly after 9 pm.
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