Piding: Wrong-way driver accident on the A8 Munich-Salzburg on April 26, 2022 – Autobahn closed for hours
On Tuesday (April 26) a serious wrong-way driver accident occurred on the A8 in the direction of Salzburg near Piding. An 87-year-old sat in a breakdown bay and then crashed head-on into an oncoming car.
Update, 3:06 p.m. – BRK press release
The message in full:
On Tuesday morning around 10.40 a.m 87-year-old small car driver one on the A8 near Piding wrong-way driver accident caused in which they themselves heavy and the 37-year-old accident opponent were moderately injured. Apparently, the woman from the inner district was driving her small Daihatsu car on the A8 towards Salzburg when she stopped in a breakdown bay, applied and against the driving direction drove back towards Munich, colliding head-on with the Ford Galaxy of a 37-year-old Upper Austrian between the Bad Reichenhall border crossing and the Bad Reichenhall-Piding junction at the height of the sports field.
Two oncoming drivers were able to avoid the wrong-way driver; there was only slight grazing damage to their vehicles. The control center Traunstein sent die Piding Volunteer Fire Department and the Red Cross with the Reichenhall emergency doctor and two ambulances from Bad Reichenhall and Teisendorf to the scene of the accident, whereby the second ambulance had to wait in the traffic jam only in sections and due to larger vehicles initially waiting for the rescue lane and take place at walking speed bottlenecks.
The emergency doctor and emergency paramedic supplied the die 87-year-old woman seriously injured and trapped in her car emergency medical, whereby the fire brigade removed the roof for a gentle rescue with the hydraulic rescue kit. The 37-year-old from Upper Austria was lucky in misfortune and came after the first assessment moderately injured of that. The Red Cross brought both patients to Salzburg State Hospital.
officials of Traffic Police Inspectorate Traunstein measures on the course of the accident; they estimate the property damage around 35,000 euros; the public prosecutor’s office in Traunstein ordered an accident analysis report. The road towards Salzburg was closed for several hours during the rescue work and to record the accident, which meant that the motorway maintenance department diverted the remaining traffic from the A8. The Piding fire brigade was there 24 emergency services and four vehicles on site, took care of the technical rescue, secured the scene of the accident, cleaned the road and ensured fire protection.
The Red Cross is asking because of the serious accident of April 14in which a 58-year-old Croatian was hit by a car on the A8 and seriously injured (we reported), all those waiting in traffic, theirs not to leave vehicles and don’t walk around on the road without a high-visibility vest.
Press release BRK district association Berchtesgadener Land
First report, 1:14 p.m. – press release from the police
The message in full:
Piding – On April 26 at around 10.40 a.m. it came on the A8 between the junctions Bad Reichenhall and the Border crossing in the direction of Salzburg, to a serious traffic accident. An 87-year-old woman from district of Berchtesgadener Land drove down the highway in her Daihatsu.
According to the current state of affairs, she stopped at a breakdown bay, then turned around and drove in the opposite direction to Munich. Two oncoming cars were able to swerve, taking one at their vehicles slight graze damage originated. A Ford was no longer successful and crashed head-on into the oncoming car of the wrong-way driver.
The cause of the accident was seriously injured. She was taken to the Salzburg State Hospital by ambulance. The driver of the Ford, a 38-year-old Austrian was moderately injured, this also came to the Salzburg State Hospital. The accident resulted in property damage a total of around 35,000 euros.
The public prosecutor’s office in Traunstein was involved and classified accident analysis report a. The lane in the direction of Salzburg has now been closed for more than two hours due to the accident recording. The Autobahnmeisterei Siegsdorf diverts traffic from the Autobahn. to die Piding Volunteer Fire Department was in action with four vehicles and 24 men and had to die trapped accident causer use technical equipment to get them out of the vehicle.
Press Release Traffic Police Inspectorate Traunstein