The police have completed their work at the scene. The cause of the accident was still not clear. “Human error” is suspected, the Raaberbahn said.
No technical defect
A technical defect can be ruled out, said Deputy Director General Hana Dellemann to ORF Burgenland. Dellemann did not want to confirm assumptions and rumors that railway points were set incorrectly.
A 25-year-old from Eisenstadt died in the accident. The 52-year-old Hungarian train driver and two passengers from Vienna, a woman (35) and a man (78), were seriously injured. Ten other passengers suffered minor injuries.
On Wednesday, the two carriages of the “Ventus” train that had fallen into a field or remained lying on the embankment next to the tracks were to be recovered. A special crane was used for this.
The Pottendorfer line was further interrupted due to ongoing work. A track should be released again Thursday morning. According to the ÖBB, journeys will probably be possible again in the Achau – Wampersdorf section from 5 a.m. A rail replacement service remained in place for the time being.
In the case of the second track, “renovation work can be expected to take two weeks,” ÖBB announced on Wednesday evening by broadcast. The double-track operation of the route is therefore expected to be able to resume on May 26 from 5 a.m.
The accident happened on a straight section. According to the state police department of Lower Austria, the train driver and around 70 passengers were on board the REX 7657, which was on the way from Deutschkreutz to Vienna main station.
In addition to securing the train’s tachograph for the purpose of evaluation, the public prosecutor’s office in Wiener Neustadt also ordered that of the tractor, Habitzl said on Wednesday. The autopsy of the 25-year-old has also been ordered. In addition, an expert was appointed to clarify the cause of the accident. According to the spokesman for the public prosecutor’s office, an expert opinion is not expected for a few weeks.
Source: Nachrichten
