Only 15 years old

Pupil died in hospital a week after accident

Terrible news from the Kepler University Hospital in Linz: less than a week after a 15-year-old boy collided head-on with a car on his moped near Bruck an der Aschach (Upper Austria), the pupil has now died of his serious injuries.

The family of the 15-year-old from Peuerbach feared for his life for a week. The pupil suffered life-threatening injuries in a terrible moped accident on September 19, and the crisis intervention team immediately took care of his relatives. Six days later, the doctors - first at Wels Hospital and then at Kepler University Hospital in Linz - lost the battle for the boy's life. He succumbed to his serious injuries on Wednesday.

Head-on crash with a car
The 15-year-old was riding his moped on the Waasnerauer Gemeindestraße in the direction of his home town the previous week. At the same time, a 41-year-old Turkish woman was driving in the opposite direction in her car. For unknown reasons, the two vehicles collided head-on.

Two hospitals fought for his life
The schoolboy was thrown over the car and came to rest seriously injured behind the car. The "Europa 3" rescue helicopter flew the boy to the hospital in Wels. The pupil was then transferred to the Kepler University Hospital in Linz. Unfortunately, the doctors there were also unable to save the 15-year-old.