Accident in Lower Austria: Car Driver Nearly Plunged into River

His vehicle had plunged down the embankment towards the Ybbs and came to a stop far away from the main road. He only suffered minor injuries.

Difficult Search After Accident in Lower Austria

However, the search for the accident victim proved difficult, as the man's exact location was hard to pinpoint after his emergency call. "If he had fallen a few meters further, he would have landed in the river and it would have been even harder to find him," said incident commander Günther Weiss, commander of the Waidhofen-Wirts volunteer fire brigade, according to a press release. As a result, the police, rescue services, and fire brigade searched for the driver within a two-kilometer radius of the mobile phone location. By the time they found him, the driver had already freed himself from the car.

(APA/Red)

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