B317 collision injures three, including four-year-old

Three people, including a four-year-old girl, were injured in a collision on the Friesacher Straße (B317) near Friesach on Friday, ORF Kärnten reported.

A 63-year-old driver was travelling from St. Veit towards Neumarkt when his car crossed into oncoming traffic for an unknown reason and collided with a small truck driven by a 44-year-old man. The truck overturned and slid about 200 metres along the road. The car struck a guardrail but continued to a rest stop.

The girl, the truck driver’s daughter, was sitting in the passenger seat. Both drivers and the girl were taken to Friesach Hospital with injuries of undetermined severity after receiving initial treatment from an emergency doctor.

Friesach and Micheldorf volunteer fire brigades attended with four vehicles and 26 personnel. The B317 was closed while the crash was investigated. Police are still investigating the cause.