18-year-old driver ends up in forest after crash

An 18-year-old woman was slightly injured after her car left a rain-slick road and entered a forest in the Weiz district on Sunday evening, ORF reported.

The crash happened at about 8.45 p.m. as she was driving towards Birkfeld. The car veered off the road in a left-hand bend near kilometre 4.5, continued about 15 metres into the forest and came to a stop.

The cause of the crash has not been established. Wet road conditions may have played a role, police said. The driver was taken to Weiz Hospital for treatment.