Accident with Eight Injured on A1 in Lower Austria

In a rear-end collision on the West Motorway (A1) near Blindenmarkt (Melk district) on Tuesday night, eight passengers of a van were injured. The 24-year-old driver is believed to have collided with a truck due to microsleep, reported the police in a statement. Eight of the ten Romanian passengers in the van were injured, at least two of them seriously. One person was trapped and had to be freed by the fire department.

Truck Driver Uninjured in A1 Accident in Lower Austria

The vehicle, which was approved for nine passengers, contained ten people - five men, four women, and one small child. The accident occurred around 12:45 AM on the Vienna-bound lane. The injured were taken to nearby hospitals. The 51-year-old truck driver from the Czech Republic suffered no injuries.

(APA/Red)

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