Football Upper Austria is in mourning! In the terrible accident on the Westautobahn near Pucking (Upper Austria), Danube-Linz frog Marko Varga (26) was thrown from the vehicle. He died a short time later from his serious injuries at Kepler University Hospital. Was Ghost Driver responsible for the drama?
At 2:10 a.m. on Saturday, emergency services saw a field of debris on the western highway towards Vienna. Four vehicles were involved in an accident near Puck. “When we arrived, the rescue services and police were already on site. At first it was a bit unclear which injured person belonged to which car and who the first responders were,” said Christian Rohrauer, operations manager at the Allhaming Fire Department. The entire accident site was 200 to 300 meters long.
The car was parked across the street
Ultimately, the police were able to reconstruct the accident. A Tunisian (43) from Vienna collided in his panel van with the Audi A3 of Marko Varga (26) from Gallspach, which was parked opposite for an unknown reason. A following Ukrainian (47) braked sharply and was hit by a Tajik truck driver (37). Varga is said to have been thrown from the car and ended up on the road with serious injuries. After resuscitation, he was taken to Kepler Hospital. However, he later died from his serious injuries. The other drivers escaped with minor injuries.
Everyone in the club was shocked
“Everyone within the club came together on Saturday. We are shocked and don’t even know how to deal with it,” said Danube manager Gerald Baumgartner in an interview with the “Krone”. They also want to help the family of the deceased. “We don’t know how yet, but maybe we will raise money for the funeral. We stand by Marko’s family in this difficult hour,” said Baumgartner. Football Upper Austria mourned, there were minutes of mourning at the venues.
It is unclear how the accident is related to a simultaneous report of wrong-way driving in this exact area. Witnesses to the accident are therefore asked to contact Haid Motorway Police on 059133 4133-200.
Celebrated goal hours before death
Suddenly football became an afterthought. Yesterday, Saturday, when Mondsee won 5-0 in Bad Leonfelden in the Upper Austrian League, the tragic news of the death of Danube footballer Marko Varga (26), who died yesterday night, spread like wildfire fire in the House of Representatives. football died in a terrible traffic accident. There was a minute of mourning on several fields, while Marko’s teammates gathered on Donau-Platz.
Tears from teammates
“A lot of tears were shed,” says manager Kurt Baumgartner, recounting the night before, when Marko remarkably scored again in the 6-0 win over St. Florian in the Regional League East: “He would actually have been replaced. but our team manager There was an error in the numbers, which allowed Marko to stay on the field for another two minutes.” The defender joined the attack, used a Stangl pass – and celebrated the last goal of his young life.
Source: Krone
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