Two dead in serious motorcycle accident on Weißenbacher Strasse in Bad Ischl

Motorcycle driver and passenger fatally injured

Online since September 12, 2020 at 4:20 pm, updated at 4:54 pm

Bad Ischl.

A serious motorcycle accident on Weißenbacher Strasse in Bad Ischl (Gmunden district) claimed two lives on Saturday afternoon.

The accident occurred in the early afternoon of Saturday in Weißenbacher Strasse, where many motorcyclists passed that day.
“A 53-year-old man from the Gmunden district rode his motorcycle in Mitterweißbach in Weißenbacher Straße at kilometer 10.3 of the road from Bad Ischl to Attersee on September 12, 2020 at 1:20 pm. His wife of the same age was seated in the passenger. In this area there is a slight bend to the left. In addition, the Weißenbacher Straße leads to this area via a bridge over the Steinbach. The 53-year-old man came to the shoulder of the road for reasons that have not yet been determined Subsequently, the motorcycle was thrown on the Steinbach and crashed on the opposite bank of the stream against the rocks there. The driver fell from the motorcycle onto the road next to the stream. The passenger also fell off the motorcycle and was lying on the shoulder of the street. Both involved in the accident died at the scene of the accident. The emergency doctor killed her. 1:35 p.m. found, “reported the Police.

Weißenbacher Straße was closed for about an hour and a half between Bad Ischl and Weißenbach am Attersee.

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