Three Injured After Coughing at the Wheel

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Dramatic scenes took place on Wednesday morning on the Zillertalstraße in Tyrol: A passenger car driver (39) came to the counterroad due to a cough attack – and crashed frontally into an accommodating holiday car. Three people were injured, the road was closed for hours. Around 11.45 a.m. the 39-year-old local was on the B169 straight ahead, when he suddenly suffered a violent cough attack during the mute, according to his own statements. Subseq…

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On February 18, 2026, a traffic accident with injuries occurred on Zillertal-Straße B169 in the municipality of Stumm. There was also an accident in Wenns. A 39-year-old Austrian steered his car towards the valley when, according to his own statements, he suffered a cough attack and got on the counterroad. There, he collided frontally with the incoming vehicle of a 60-year-old German, in which a 58-year-old passenger also sat. With the helicopte…

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A cough attack led to a frontal collision in the Zillertal with three injured.