Tractor Runs Over 69-Year-Old in Zwettl: Seriously Injured

A 69-year-old woman was run over by a tractor and seriously injured on Saturday evening in Zwettl. The vehicle was parked in the garage with the engine running and the parking brake released, and it had a crate of firewood loaded. The woman was standing next to the tractor and wanted to hydraulically lift the tipping trailer. However, the tractor started to roll, reported the Lower Austria State Police Directorate on Sunday.

Accident occurred during firewood transport

A 73-year-old man wanted to transport the firewood on the rear tipping trailer from the garage of his property to a wood storage room shortly after 8 PM when the accident occurred. The vehicle first hit the woman with the rear wheel, then rolled over the sloping driveway and collided with raised beds, where it came to a stop. The seriously injured woman was taken by the emergency medical helicopter Christophorus 2 to the University Hospital St. Pölten.

(APA/Red)

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