Sudden tire departure: taxi hit hard

During the ride on the motorway near Völs (Tirol) the wheel of a trailer that had loaded a passenger car broke off.The tire jumped onto the opposite lane, bounced back against a truck and from where he hit the windshield of a fully-occupied taxi.On Friday around 13.15 a 31-year-old Italian steered his car along with loaded car trailers on the A12 in the municipality of Völs towards the east.A tire of his trailer was released from the current une…

A tire broke off a trailer on the A12 at Völs and hurled into a taxi. Three people were injured. A serious traffic accident occurred on Friday afternoon, April 4, 2025, around 1:15 p.m. on the A12 in the municipality of Völs (Bezirk Innsbruck). A 31-year-old Italian was traveling with his car and loaded car trailer in the east direction when a tire was released from the trailer due to previously unexplained cause. Tires hit trucks – then it cras…