Three seriously injured after car plunges into stream in Offenhausen

Three people were seriously injured when a car left the road and ended up in the Grünbach stream in Offenhausen on Tuesday afternoon, ORF reported.

The crash happened at about 4 p.m. The car skidded off the road, crossed a field and passed through a wooded area before coming to a stop, badly damaged, in the stream.

The 23-year-old driver from Wels freed himself from the wreckage. Firefighters rescued his two passengers, women aged 18 and 19 from Offenhausen, who were trapped inside.

Three fire brigades, two emergency doctors, rescue crews and the Christophorus 10 emergency helicopter attended. After receiving initial treatment, the seriously injured were taken to Klinikum Wels and Salzkammergut Klinikum Vöcklabruck. Another person was flown to a hospital in Linz.