Intoxicated driver seriously hurt in Deutschlandsberg crash

A 66-year-old driver was seriously injured after his car left the road and overturned near Deutschlandsberg on Saturday evening, ORF reported. Police said he was slightly intoxicated.

The man, from the Deutschlandsberg district, was travelling from Stainz towards Deutschlandsberg when his car veered off the right side of the Radlpass federal road and landed in a ditch. The Red Cross treated him before taking him to hospital. Firefighters recovered the car.

Another crash occurred on the same road early Sunday near Bad Schwanberg. A 49-year-old driver lost control, left the road and hit a tree. Passing motorists freed him from the car and gave first aid. He was taken to Deutschlandsberg Hospital with injuries of undetermined severity.