On Sunday evening there was a tragic accident in Oberndorf near Salzburg, in which a car fell into the Salzach. Three people died.
© Austrian Water Rescue Provincial Association Salzburg
Laufen/Oberndorf – Late on Sunday afternoon (February 20th) there was a large deployment of rescue workers in Laufen and in Oberndorf. A car fell into the Salzach near Oberndorf for reasons that are still unclear. Three people died – two adults and a child.
Update 10:30 p.m. – Police on the course of the fatal accident on the Salzach near Salzburg
Full text of the press release:
On February 20, at 5:04 p.m., gave in 35-year-old Syrian national his car in Oberndorf onto Uferstrasse, which runs alongside the Salzach. His were still in the vehicle 30 year old wife and their their two-year-old son (both also Syrian nationals).
Immediately after the junction with Uferstrasse The car left the lane slightly to the right and bounced head-on against the safety railing a stairway (to a water level meter of the Salzach). through the impact crashed the vehicle to the right over the steep embankment into the Salzach and became immediately swept away by the current.
A witness immediately dialed 911 and triggered the rescue chain. In the course of the immediately initiated search and rescue operation, the car was located under water around 5:30 p.m. The salvage was carried out from the German bank side. the three vehicle occupants died despite immediate resuscitation by emergency medical teams from Germany and Austria.
Update, 9:04 p.m. – Water rescue over a fatal traffic accident on the Salzach
In a Facebook post, the Salzburg regional association of the Austrian water rescue service reported on the operation. According to the report, one serious traffic accident to the crash of the car in the Salzach near Oberndorf. The Vehicle sank in mid-river.
The three people in the car – two adults and one child – could be recovered from this. the resuscitation measures in the child brought locally, however unfortunately no success, writes the national association. Unlike previous reports passed away therefore all three people at the scene of the accident.
The vehicle was then recovered from the Salzach. The operation ended around 7 p.m.
Update, 8:05 p.m. – Car crashed in Salzach near Oberndorf: child also died
how InfoMediaWorx reported on Facebook, the one that was rescued from the car that fell into the Salzach is now probably also child deceased. This was according to media reports previously resuscitated and then taken to a hospital become.
It is not yet clear why the vehicle fell into the Salzach near Oberndorf near Salzburg.
Update, 7:10 p.m. – Car rolls in Salzach: two people dead
In the meantime, the car, which had fallen into the Salzach for reasons that have not yet been clarified, has been recovered. This was announced by the Laufen police inspection at the request of BGLand24.de. The vehicle was entered the border river from the Austrian side. Due to this circumstance, however, the bet falls the responsibility of the Austrian authorities. Therefore, no further information can be given, the police said.
A report by orf.at according to it is one accidentat where two people died are. Next to the two deceased was accordingly also a child in the carwhich could be saved and with a rescue helicopter to a hospital was spent. There is no information about the condition of the child, except that it was treated by an emergency medical team from the Salzburg air ambulance and the local emergency services reanimated became.
According to the Austrian news portal, the accident happened on the Uferstrasse on the northern outskirts of Oberndorf in the direction of St. Georgen. The car is said to have hit a railing on the embankment before falling into the Salzach.
First report:
Because of a cars in the Salzach it comes to one great effort in running and on the Austrian side of the river in Oberndorf. How exactly the car got into the border river is not yet known, explains the Laufen police inspection when asked by BGLand24.de. It is also not yet clear whether there were occupants in the vehicle and if so, what happened to them.
As well in To run as well as in Oberndorf became numerous rescue workers mobilized. That was around 5 p.m vehicle in the Salzach first reported to the Austrian authorities. But now it could secured by the emergency services are announced by the police in Laufen. The The car was initially driven off.
Where and how exactly the car got into the Salzach is not yet known early on Sunday evening at 6 p.m. Even whether the car enters the border river from the Austrian or from the German side rolled, is at this time not known.
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