Seriously injured

74-year-old was hit by departing train

At around 1.50 p.m. on Friday, a 74-year-old pensioner from the Steyr-Land district attempted to cross the railroad tracks at Weyer station without permission. A freight train started moving and hit the pensioner.

As the man was crossing the tracks, an empty container train from Selzthal in the direction of Ybbs was waiting in the station for clearance to continue its journey. In order to get to the opposite side of the tracks, the 74-year-old climbed between two wagons.

Pensioner was run over
At this moment, the freight train started moving and ran over the pensioner. He suffered extremely serious injuries. Witnesses to the accident immediately provided first aid and called the emergency services. After the 74-year-old was stabilized, he was flown to Amstetten Hospital in the C 15 rescue helicopter. Due to the length of the train, the train driver was unable to provide any information about the incident or did not notice the incident.