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Another 100 car pileup?

by Iva Skoch on Mar 25th 2008 at 11:00AM

What is going on the roads of Central Europe this week, exactly? On Friday, I blogged about the Czech 100+ car pileup on the country's major highway.

Today, AP reports that 50 to 100 vehicles slammed into each other earlier today in snowfall on an autobahn in western Austria. The accident happened on the westbound A1 autobahn between the towns of Seewalchen and St. Georgen.

Some victims are apparently still trapped in their vehicles because rescue efforts were hampered by snowfall. One person is reported dead, according to Reuters.

When going spring-skiing, watch out for spring-snowstorms. (Optimism aside, it is best to keep those winter tires on through April.)

Filed under: Skiing, Europe, Austria, Transportation

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Fritz Mar 25th 2008 1:06PM

What is going on exactly? Well, I am from Austria and drive that particularly stretch of Autobahn regularly. The Seewalchen area is notorious for fog and ice related fatal accidents.

The problem is that only a small number of drivers adapt their speed to the wheather & road conditions and leave too little space between the cars. Aditionally, the Autobahn is winding between lakes and mountains so even with good visibility you have to be fully alert because behind every corner could be the end of a traffic jam.

F.