In Ebensee, a cyclist is said to have been forced to slow down by a car driver who suddenly turned and gave the cyclist priority. The unknown driver of a silver van drove on.
“A 16-year-old from the district of Gmunden rode his mountain bike on March 20, 2023 at around 5:35 p.m. on Bahnhofstrasse in the local area of Ebensee am Traunsee in the direction of the town centre.
In the area of Bahnhofstraße or the entrance to the Eisenbahnergasse houses, an oncoming vehicle turned car suddenly turned left into the driveway in front of the cyclist. To avoid a collision, the boy applied both brakes on his bicycle, fell over the handlebars onto the road and was injured to an unspecified degree. A collision with the car there was not.
Police are looking for the culprit
Since the mentioned car did not stop and this is causally related to the traffic accident, the driver of the silver van is asked to contact the police station in Ebensee am Traunsee on telephone number +43(0)59133 4104,” the police said.
