Justice · Brenner motorway crashBrenner motorway crash: Driver critically injured, northbound A22 reopenedWritten November 14, 2026 at 4:02 PM UTCWatchTranscript0:00Brenner motorway crash, driver critically injured, northbound A twenty two reopened.0:07Firefighters cut a trap driver free after her truck struck a semitrailer.0:10The thirty-four-year old Polish woman suffered life, threatening injuries, and an0:15emergency helicopter couldn't land to take her to hospital.0:17The collision also closed the northbound A202 for about an hour.0:21Investigators still have to determine why her truck hit the vehicle ahead.0:24The trucks collided at kilometer forty, four, between Varn and Brixen's industrial0:29zone in South Tyrol.0:30Both were heading north toward the Brenner Pass and Austria.0:33The towns are also known by their Italian names, Varna and Bressanone.0:37The collision happened at about four fifty, one on Friday afternoon, November0:41thirteenth.0:42The woman's small truck carried Polish plates.0:44The semitrailer ahead also had a foreign registration.0:47The impact severely deformed the cab and trapped the woman inside.0:50Volunteer firefighters from Brixen and Varn used heavy hydraulic rescue equipment to0:54release her.0:55An emergency doctor and White Cross ambulance personnel gave her initial treatment0:59at the scene.0:59Rescuers had called the Pelican II emergency medical helicopter for an air transfer.1:04A White Cross emergency doctor vehicle and a transport ambulance were also1:07dispatched.1:08Pelican II couldn't land because of difficult local conditions along the motorway.1:12Rescuers changed the transport plan, and a White Cross ambulance took the woman by1:16road to the nearby hospital in Brixen.1:18The precise landing obstacle hasn't been explained.1:20Subscribe to this channel to follow developments in the driver's condition and the1:24crash investigation.1:25The crash happened near Roadworks.1:27The work site had road signs and a traffic assistant present.1:30Highway police attended, controlled traffic, and began reconstructing the collision,1:34while motorway maintenance crews cleaned the scene.1:37Temperatures around freezing were reported on the Brenner at the time.1:40Investigators haven't identified what caused the impact, including whether the1:43weather or the nearby roadworks played any part.1:45The entire affected northbound Carriguay closed for rescue and clearance work.1:49Traffic was restored around six that evening, after approximately one hour.1:53Vehicles then gradually began moving normally again.1:56The closure had ended on Friday.1:57The shutdown left a long backup behind the crash on the northbound route through2:01South Tyrol.2:02Estimates of the backup ranged from six kilometers to as much as eight kilometers.2:06The measurement times aren't clear, so those figures could describe different2:10moments during the disruption.2:11They don't show that either measurement was wrong.2:14The woman was reportedly treated in intensive care at Brixen Hospital.2:17Descriptions of her injuries as serious or life threatening don't show a change in2:21her condition.2:22T here is no further update on how she's doing.Read the articleStory timelineHeyDex
