Serious accident Sunday afternoon in the center of Vienna: a 69-year-old pedestrian was just about to cross the Ring, but missed an approaching tram. Their driver was unable to brake in time and the pedestrian was hit by the tram.
The accident happened around 13:00 at the Stubentor stop. The pedestrian was just about to cross the ring road and apparently had overlooked tram line 2, which was heading towards Friedrich-Engels-Platz, a spokeswoman for Wiener Linien reports to krone.at. “Although the tram driver applied an emergency brake, he was unable to avoid a collision.”
According to Daniel Melcher of the Vienna Professional Rescue Service, the 69-year-old suffered a head injury in the accident. “The victim was seriously injured and was taken to the emergency room of a hospital after first aid.” The professional rescue team was deployed with multiple teams, according to Melcher. According to Wiener Linien, the driver of the tram was shocked.
Call to pedestrians
In this context, Wiener Linien appealed to be particularly careful as a pedestrian. “Look carefully to the left and right when crossing, especially if, like the Ring, they are only used by cars in one direction. As in this case, trams can run in both directions. In addition, trams cannot swerve and their braking distance is also very long.”
Source: Krone
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