Three young boys are said to have been traveling at significantly excessive speed a few meters from the tangent driveway when the 18-year-old driver lost control of the high-horsepower car and skidded. Within a very short time, the vehicle was on fire, emergency services reported.
The accident occurred on the expressway in Vienna-Donaustadt in the area of Hermann-Gebauer-Straße at around 2:30 a.m. The vehicle initially left the road, overturned, then crashed into a concrete barrier and caught fire. The following car drivers tried to help the three young occupants of the accident car. Particularly tragic: The brother of the 17-year-old deceased is said to have been in another car just behind the car involved in the accident. He had to witness the incident.
The 18-year-old driver and a 16-year-old passenger were initially rescued from the burning car with burns by other road users. Any help came too late for the 17-year-old boy. He was trapped and could not be rescued in time. The young driver also died of his injuries in a hospital on Sunday afternoon, the police announced. The 16-year-old’s life was still in acute danger.
The fire brigade was on site for over two hours with a large contingent of five vehicles and 24 emergency services. The rescue service provided the accident victims with emergency medical care and then took them to hospital.
The S2 in the direction of Gänserndorf between Rautenweg and Hermann-Gebauer-Straße was closed during the clean-up work. The investigation was carried out by the Vienna Traffic Accident Squad.
