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Shortly before noon, the Ukrainian was hit by a Selzthalbahn passenger train in his red Skoda on a level crossing that was restricted and secured with lights and was dragged for around 100 meters, the police said in the evening. Why his car came to a standstill on the tracks between the closed barriers was still the subject of investigation that evening. The train driver told the police that he had given off an acoustic warning signal with his train and that the stationary car jerked forward as if the engine had stopped.
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Neighbors provided first aid
Despite emergency braking, the train hit the car on the passenger side. Neighbors who noticed the accident started the rescue chain, freed the unresponsive driver from the wreckage and began resuscitation. “When we got to the scene of the accident, first responders had already pulled the person out of the severely deformed car,” said Michael Oberndorfinger, deputy commander of the Micheldorf Volunteer Fire Department, to the OÖN.
Train route closed for three hours
Red Cross emergency services carried out resuscitation measures with an emergency doctor, but the victim died at the scene of the accident. According to initial information, the approximately 50 train passengers remained uninjured. The crisis intervention team looked after the train staff, the approximately 50 passengers and subsequently the relatives of the deceased. They were picked up by replacement buses. The north-south connection was closed for around three hours.
Train accident also in the Innviertel
A collision between a car and a passenger train in Altenried (district of Ried iI) was less serious on Thursday. Despite the stop sign being installed, a Hungarian (20) crossed an unbarred railway crossing in a van without stopping. The train driver applied emergency braking, but was no longer able to prevent a collision. The van was dragged around 70 meters. Both the 24 passengers and the driver of the car remained uninjured.
- Also read: Small van collided with a train in Aurolzmünster
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