Off the road

85-year-old man dies in tuk tuk accident

For reasons as yet unexplained, the man left a path and fell out of the tuk tuk.(Bild: Daniel Gilbey – stock.adobe.com (Symbolbild))

An 85-year-old man died in an accident with his tuk tuk in Bad Waltersdorf (Hartberg-Fürstenfeld district) on Friday. 

For reasons as yet unexplained, he left a gravel path, drove over a steeply sloping meadow and fell out of the cargo tricycle. Passers-by found the man lying motionless in a meadow ten meters from the vehicle. They immediately called the emergency services.

Despite all efforts, the emergency doctor was only able to determine that the 85-year-old had died. The police were unable to determine that he was not at fault. The body was released by the public prosecutor's office in Leoben.