Five injured in head-on crash in Lower Austria

Five people were injured, four of them seriously, in a head-on collision between two cars on Saturday, ORF reported. The crash happened shortly after noon on the Voralpenstraße (B 122), between Aschbach-Markt and Krenstetten in Amstetten district.

One of the five injured was a 14-year-old girl. Some people were trapped in the vehicles and had to be freed using hydraulic rescue equipment, said Martin Bruckschwaiger of the Krenstetten fire brigade. Firefighters from Biberbach and Aschbach-Markt also took part in the rescue.

Three rescue helicopters, an emergency doctor, several Red Cross ambulances and police attended the scene. The injured were flown to hospitals in Amstetten, St. Pölten and Linz. The road was closed while emergency crews worked at the scene.