World · Europe · 6 hrs ago
Wrong-way crash in Wels kills driver and injures two
At about 2 a.m.
on Sunday, a 39-year-old driver went the wrong way on the B1 in Wels, in Austria.
His car hit head-on an oncoming vehicle driven by a 22-year-old man from the Linz-Land district.
The 39-year-old died at the scene, while the 22-year-old was seriously injured and taken to hospital.
A 44-year-old driver then crashed into the two vehicles and suffered minor injuries.
The crash involved three cars and left two people injured, one of them seriously.
Investigators say it is not yet clear why the 39-year-old entered the road in the wrong direction.
Police are investigating the cause, and an autopsy was ordered to check whether alcohol or drugs may have played a role.
A 39-year-old driver died after driving the wrong way on the B1 in Wels and colliding head-on with an oncoming car.
The crash happened at about 2:00 a.m. on Sunday near Linzer Straße 246.
The 22-year-old driver of the oncoming car was seriously injured.
A 44-year-old driver then crashed into the two vehicles and suffered minor injuries.
Authorities are investigating why the 39-year-old entered the wrong carriageway.
- Who
- A 39-year-old driver died; a 22-year-old driver and a 44-year-old driver were injured.
- What
- A wrong-way driver collided head-on with an oncoming car, then a following car crashed into the vehicles.
- When
- Sunday at about 2:00 a.m.
- Where
- Linzer Straße (B1), near number 246, in Wels, Austria.
- Why
- The reason the 39-year-old drove in the wrong direction is not yet known.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The 39-year-old drove the wrong way on the B1 in Wels and collided head-on with an oncoming car.
A following 44-year-old driver crashed into the two vehicles.
- Fatality
- The 39-year-old driver from Grieskirchen district died
- First collision
- Near Linzer Straße 246, Wels
- Seriously injured
- 22-year-old driver from Linz-Land district
- Minor injuries
- 44-year-old driver from Wels-Land district
- Investigation
- Cause of wrong-way driving remains unknown