The 37-year-old from the Braunau district drove his car shortly after 3 p.m. in the municipal area of Schalchen on Holzleitnerstrasse in the direction of Herrgasse. His two sons, two and four years old, were also in the vehicle. According to his own statements, the man left the roadway because of a microsleep and broke through the railing between the roadway and the Brunnbach. Then the car crashed head-on into a tree on the opposite side of the stream and came to a standstill in the Brunnbach.
The father of the family was able to get out of the vehicle on his own and then freed his two sons before a first responder, who heard the impact and rushed to the scene of the accident, helped him to leave the creek bed.
All three occupants were unharmed in the accident; The 37-year-old refused to be checked in the hospital, according to the police. Because the vehicle’s operating resources flowed into the Brunnbach, the fire brigade set up an oil barrier and tied up the operating resources.
Source: Nachrichten
