Tag: rails

U-Bahn train kills man

Post date March 1, 2011

Service on a busy underground line in Vienna had to be abandoned yesterday evening (Mon) after a person fell on the tracks.The unidentified man was hit and killed by an oncoming U6 line train after plunging on the rails at Burggasse station around 6.30pm, police in the capital said today.Public transport agency Wiener Linien reacted […]

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Drunk teen survives hit by train

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Post date October 1, 2010

A young Upper Austrian survived after a train ploughed into him last night (Thurs/Fri).The 18-year-old from Kaltenberg was staggering along the railroad track when the express train approached. Its driver slammed the brakes on when he spotted the drunk in his headlights, but still slammed into him.The young man was hospitalised with a fractured skull […]

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