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Collision on B9 Results in One Death and Two Injuries

In NÖ forderte eine Kollision einen Toten und zwei Verletzte.
In NÖ forderte eine Kollision einen Toten und zwei Verletzte. ©APA/JAKOB GRUBER (Symbolbild)
A collision between a semi-trailer truck and a car claimed one life and injured two people on Tuesday morning on the B9 in Petronell-Carnuntum (Bruck an der Leitha district).

A 52-year-old car driver died at the scene of the accident. His 27-year-old passenger, who is also from Slovakia, was flown to the University Hospital Wiener Neustadt with life-threatening injuries. According to the police, the truck driver from Vienna suffered minor injuries.

Car Drifted into Oncoming Traffic on B9

The car drifted into oncoming traffic on the B9 at around 9:30 a.m. and collided head-on with the 28-year-old's truck, the police reported in a statement. The force of the impact tore off the left front wheel of the semi-trailer. The truck initially grazed the right guardrail and then broke through the left guardrail before coming to a stop on an embankment. The truck driver was treated at the Hainburg an der Donau regional hospital. The B9 was closed during the recovery operations. The emergency medical helicopter "Christophorus 9" was deployed.

(APA/Red)

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