Helicopter on duty in Lower Austria

Knocked down by a car – boy (13) seriously injured

Despite the red light, the boy is said to have run onto the safety path (symbolic image).

(Bild: P. Huber)

A 13-year-old boy from Lower Austria had to be flown by emergency helicopter to Vienna-Donaustadt Hospital with serious injuries on Tuesday morning. The teenager had been knocked down by a car in Perchtoldsdorf (Mödling district). 

The local boy is said to have run onto a safety path in Ketzergasse, although the pedestrian lights were red at the time, according to the police in Lower Austria.

A 51-year-old Viennese man was at the wheel of the car. The 13-year-old suffered serious injuries and was flown to Vienna-Donaustadt Hospital.