Driver dies after car collides with empty coach bus

A 38-year-old driver was killed in a head-on collision with an empty coach bus in Kirchberg an der Raab, in the Südoststeiermark district, on Saturday evening, ORF reported. The crash happened at about 7 p.m. on the L201 road near Berndorf. The cause is not known.

The car crossed into the oncoming lane and struck the bus without braking, then spun into a ditch on the right side of the road. The driver was trapped in the wreckage. Emergency aid was started, but a doctor pronounced him dead. Firefighters had to cut him out of the car.

The bus driver was not injured but suffered shock and received support from a crisis intervention team.