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Pedestrian Critically Injured in Accident on Vienna Beltway

Der 39-Jährige wurde mit lebensgefährlichen Verletzungen in ein Krankenhaus gebracht.
Der 39-Jährige wurde mit lebensgefährlichen Verletzungen in ein Krankenhaus gebracht. ©Ismail Gökmen/PID
A 39-year-old pedestrian was critically injured in a traffic accident on the Vienna Mariahilfer Gürtel on the night of Sunday.

According to the police, the man was crossing the road at a pedestrian crossing around 1:15 a.m. when he was hit by a 20-year-old Austrian car driver. The man suffered life-threatening injuries. The Vienna professional rescue service provided emergency medical care to the Romanian and took him to the shock room of a hospital.

Pedestrian allegedly ignored red light

Several witnesses told the police that the car driver had a green light, while the pedestrian is said to have ignored a red phase. The 20-year-old tried to swerve but could not prevent the collision.

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(APA/Red)

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