62-Year-Old Car Driver Hit and Injured by Train

The car of the Styrian woman was hurled about ten meters over an embankment, injuring the woman. The train driver and the passengers remained uninjured. The car is a total loss, while the train engine presumably only sustained minor damage.

Car is a Total Loss

As the police announced in a statement Thursday evening, the driver had crossed the tracks of the regional route between Wies and Graz in the Deutschlandsberg district in a northerly direction at around 3:30 PM. Shortly after, she is said to have turned the vehicle around and driven over the tracks again. The train hit her despite an emergency stop. The volunteer fire brigades of Groß St. Florian and Michlgleinz were deployed. The railway line was closed to all train traffic for about 90 minutes.

(APA/Red)

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