Man Hit by Light Rail in Stuttgart and Critically Injured
Translated from German and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- A 66-year-old man suffered life-threatening injuries after being hit by a light-rail train in Stuttgart’s Weilimdorf district.
- Police said he stepped onto the tracks despite a warning signal as the train entered the stop on Friday evening.
- Emergency services took him to hospital, and rail traffic resumed after an interruption of about two hours.
A 66-year-old man was critically injured after a light-rail train hit him at a stop in Stuttgart’s Weilimdorf district on Friday evening.
Police said the man stepped onto the tracks despite a warning signal as the train was entering the stop. Emergency services took him to hospital with life-threatening injuries.
No one aboard the train was injured. Light-rail traffic was suspended for about two hours after the crash.
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Originally published by Die Zeit in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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