Tag: Johnstraße

Escalator plunge teen recovers

Post date March 8, 2011

A teenager who suffered serious head injuries trying to balance on an escalator handrail is no longer in danger of his life, it has emerged.Rafael F. was rushed to the Wilhelminen Clinic after falling from eight metres to the ground in a stunt at Viennas Spittelau underground train station on Saturday night.He is recovering after […]

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Attempt to slide down escalator handrail puts boy in clinic

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Post date March 7, 2011

A 10-year-old boy was hospitalised with serious injuries after he tried to skid down the handrail of a moving staircase at an U-Bahn station in Vienna.The resident of Vienna hit his head in the three-metre plunge at the U3 Johnstraße underground station around 6pm yesterday (Sun).The incident occurred just hours after a 17-year-old party-goer got […]

Tags escalators, goer, handrail, Johnstraße, metre, party, plunge, station, U3, Vienna