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The former mill in the Gründerzeit style is currently being converted into a luxury apartment building. Whether it will be completed in summer 2025, as planned, is unclear for the time being.(Bild: Horst Einöder/Flashpictures)

Two workers fell to their deaths on a major construction site in Traun on Tuesday, as reported by the "Krone" newspaper. There is great bewilderment on site, nobody understands how the accident could have happened. Read here what happens next. 

No hustle and bustle, no humming engines and whirring work machines can be heard - on Wednesday morning, only the icy cold wind whistles across the almost completely deserted construction site in the Traun area. Everything has been at a standstill since a terrible work accident claimed two lives here on Tuesday - as reported by the "Krone" newspaper.