2023-09-21 08:07:24
He said he was thirsty and bent over to grab a water bottle in the footwell, causing him to lose control of the biplane, a daily newspaper reported on Thursday. However, the cause of the accident has not been clarified for the public prosecutor.
“That’s his responsibility, that’s what the driver says,” said the spokesman for the Klagenfurt public prosecutor’s office, Markus Kitz, when asked by the APA. A dashcam was found on the bus and may have recorded the accident. This must first be evaluated. An expert was also called in.
The international coach with 45 passengers and two drivers – a 27-year-old professional driver from Ukraine was at the wheel – was in a left-hand bend on Friesacher Straße (B317) near Micheldorf (St. Veit an der Glan district) at around 4.45 a.m. on Tuesday The car went off the road, tipped over a guard rail and ended up lying on its side. A 19-year-old Upper Austrian woman died, five passengers were seriously injured, the others and the two drivers were slightly injured. The investigation is being carried out on suspicion of negligent homicide.
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