THE county disaster management directorate according to his information, in the accident on April 19, one person was trapped in both vehicles, they were freed by the professional firefighters of Tatabánya and Oroszlány with tension cutters. A rescue helicopter also arrived at the scene of the truck accident. The entire width of the affected road section had to be closed.
Photo: Deputy Commander Tamás Czupár / Source: Oroszlányi Municipal Fire Command
Tények reported that a local resident was almost swept away by the truck, which began to swerve on the road before crossing into the opposite lane and colliding head-on with a pickup truck. Péter Perédi, a National Ambulance Service the communications officer said: despite all their efforts, the middle-aged truck driver could not be saved, and the driver of the van was taken to the hospital by an ambulance helicopter with serious, life-threatening skull and limb injuries.
There is a bus stop and zebra crossing near the scene of the accident, a sidewalk runs next to the two-lane road, and houses line it on both sides, as can be seen on Google Street View.
It was stated in Tények’s report: it is assumed that the truck driver fell ill before the tragedy happened.
