Seriously injured

Pedestrian run over by a car in Vienna

A woman was hit by a car on Friday afternoon and seriously injured.

A serious traffic accident occurred in Ruthnergasse in Vienna-Floridsdorf on Friday afternoon. A 70-year-old female pedestrian was run over by a car and came to rest directly under the vehicle.

The Vienna Fire Brigade first had to lift the car into the air with a jack before the seriously injured woman could be rescued. After receiving initial medical treatment and suffering multiple injuries, the woman was flown to hospital by an emergency helicopter.