At Vöcklabruck station

46-year-old fell onto the track: Railjet cuts off his leg

Terrible scenes unfolded in Upper Austria on Tuesday at 4.17 pm. According to witnesses, a 46-year-old man from Ebensee stumbled from the platform onto the track - directly in front of a passing Railjet. He was hit by the train. 

A 46-year-old man from the district of Gmunden was seriously injured in a collision with a train on Tuesday at around 4.15 pm. The man was on platform 2 at Vöcklabruck station. According to passers-by, the man probably stumbled onto the track moments before a passing passenger train had passed the station. 

Three doctors as first responders
He was hit by the Railjet in the area of his lower left leg, which was severed. The passers-by, including three doctors, immediately provided first aid and made an emergency call. The seriously injured man was taken to Vöcklabruck Hospital.