Overview
- The trolleybus, which veered off the road Monday in Salzburg’s Itzling district, crashed into a Billa supermarket entrance and fatally struck 55-year-old Florian Schneeberger.
- Police say the 59-year-old driver suffered a medical emergency, underwent emergency surgery, and remains in intensive care.
- Several other people were injured, with local reports citing six casualties and two in serious condition, and the midday crash occurred near a primary school as pupils and shoppers filled the area.
- Prosecutors ordered an autopsy, and investigators are analyzing vehicle data to clarify the sequence of events and whether the driver attempted to brake or steer.
- Schneeberger competed at the 1996 Olympics in the Tornado sailing class and later led B&R Industrial Automation and served as a division president at ABB.