On Tuesday, the Kapfenberg-Diemlach volunteer fire brigade was alerted at 5:59 p.m. by the “Florian Steiermark” state control center to a traffic accident with an injured person.
For reasons that have not yet been clarified, there was a serious rear-end collision between two cars on the B116. The fire brigade secured the scene of the accident and set up fire protection, the emergency doctor and the Red Cross were now treating the seriously injured person. In addition, the fire brigade set up a privacy screen. Operation ended after an hour After the Red Cross had removed the injured person, a wrecked vehicle was removed by a towing company. After that, the tying up of the expired resources could begin. The operation was completed after an hour. Since the Tanzenberg tunnel on the S6 was also closed due to a power failure, a traffic jam formed throughout the city and all traffic came to a standstill for a short time.