Driver seriously injured after overtaking crash sends car into stream

A 29-year-old driver was seriously injured after his car left the road and landed in a streambed during an overtaking manoeuvre in Glatzau, southeast Styria, on Saturday evening, ORF reported.

The man was driving on the state road from Kirchbach towards St. Stefan im Rosental when he overtook another vehicle in Glatzau. Police said he may have been travelling too fast. He lost control, left the road and hit a tree head-on before the car was thrown into the adjacent streambed.

The driver was trapped in the wreckage. Four fire brigades freed him, and after receiving initial treatment he was taken to Feldbach Hospital.

In a separate crash in western Styria on Saturday evening, a 20-year-old man died at the scene after his car hit a bridge railing and ended up in a streambed.