Passenger seriously injured in Werfen crash
Tuesday 20th October 2026 on 11:15 in
Austria
A 56-year-old passenger was seriously injured in a two-car crash in Werfen on Monday, ORF reported. She was freed from the wreckage by firefighters and flown to hospital.
The collision happened shortly after 2 p.m. at an intersection in Imlau, a district of Werfen in the Pongau. A 29-year-old driver was travelling towards Werfen with two other people in her car when a 40-year-old driver attempted to turn left from the Werfener Landesstraße towards Bischofshofen.
The 29-year-old was also injured and taken to hospital by the Red Cross. A toddler in a child seat on the back seat was unharmed. The 40-year-old driver was also uninjured.
Alcohol tests on both drivers were negative. Police are investigating the cause of the crash.