Accident in Vöcklabruck

Train severed leg: Victim is unresponsive

Following the terrible accident at Vöcklabruck railroad station, a 46-year-old man from Ebensee is in intensive care at the local hospital. The man had stumbled onto the track from platform 2 and a railjet had severed his lower left leg.

The patient is unresponsive, is receiving artificial respiration, but is not in mortal danger - this is the information provided by Oö. Gesundheitsholding in response to the "Krone" inquiry about the condition of the accident victim.

The terrible accident happened on Tuesday afternoon when the man from Ebensee stumbled from the platform onto the track, apparently in an impaired state.