A 36-year-old woman had a narrow escape after leaping on U-Bahn tracks in Vienna yesterday afternoon (Thurs).The woman hurled herself onto the tracks at the U1 underground station Praterstern in Leopoldstadt district. She escaped the incident unscathed by cowering in a hollow under the platform when a train entered the station.The woman was hospitalised at […]
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Disco-goer dies after hit by train
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A young resident of Vienna was killed by a train as he tried to take a shortcut after a night in town.The 18-year-old and a pal of the same age decided to cross railroad tracks in Vienna-Favoriten as they walked home from a disco in the city centre on Saturday morning. The train driver failed […]
Vienna woman knocked down by tram
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An elderly woman has sustained serious injuries when she was hit by a tram.Wiener Linien, the company in charge of public transport services in the Austrian capital Vienna, said today (Tues) a 62-year-old woman was hospitalised with a traumatic brain injury.The firm explained the woman stepped on the tram tracks in Alsergrund district without checking […]
A 53-year-old man from Tyrol had to be hospitalised after he got injured trying to exit a departing train.The passenger opened the door of the EuroCity express train moments after it left the main station in Linz on Sunday evening. The Innsbruck resident was thrown on the tracks, but escaped with minor injuries as the […]