Two motorcyclists injured in head-on crash in Tyrol

Two motorcyclists were injured in a head-on collision on the Gerlos road (B165) in Hainzenberg, in the Schwaz district, ORF reported.

The crash happened at about 3 p.m. on Saturday. A 66-year-old Austrian rider was seriously injured and taken by emergency helicopter to hospital in Hall in Tyrol. A 51-year-old German woman from the Freising district suffered minor injuries, police said. The cause of the collision was not immediately clear.

Emergency crews closed the road to all traffic for about an hour and a half. Reports will be submitted to the Innsbruck public prosecutor’s office and the Schwaz district authority.