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In Sigmundsherberg (Horn district) there was a serious traffic accident on the Franz-Josefs-Bahn route on Monday morning.
In Sigmundsherberg, in Waldviertel, the driver of a semi-trailer truck at a Franz-Josefs-Bahn level crossing was surprised by the closing of the barriers on Monday around 5 am
The man, his companion and the vehicle were “locked in” by the barriers (railway barriers in Austria have so-called default break points, so you can break them at low speed). The handlebar is said to have attempted to reverse to clear a track.
The train and the truck got stuck
However, this did not fully work and the semi-trailer was caught by a train that had recently departed from the local train station. The vehicles wedged together, but the serious accident turned out to be extremely minor.
There were no passengers on the train. The driver suffered a concussion but was unharmed. The truck driver and the front passenger were also not injured, but only then were they released from the crashed vehicle by firefighters. The Pulkautal Straße (B45) and was closed after the accident, in Franz-Josefs-Bahn, in part, the rail replacement traffic with buses.
