In the middle of Vienna

Death drama! Sleeping homeless man run over

The driver is believed to have accidentally run over the homeless man. He is said to have been dead beforehand (symbolic image).

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A man was found dead in a garage exit in Vienna-Neubau on Monday morning. The man was discovered by a local resident who was leaving the exit in Lindengasse in her car and may have run over or hit the man. The possibility of third-party negligence cannot be ruled out at present.

According to information from the "Krone" newspaper, the deceased was probably a homeless man. The man was wrapped in a sleeping bag in the garage entrance. Initially, it was assumed that the 30 to 40-year-old man had been looking for a place to sleep in the garage entrance and was overlooked by a local resident when leaving the garage and subsequently died. However, the investigators have a more serious suspicion: "The man had injuries that cannot be reconciled with a car running into or over him," explained police spokeswoman Anna Gut. She did not give details of the injuries. 

Third-party fault possible
The death was classified as "serious". A forensic autopsy was ordered as the cause of death could not be ruled out. The identity of the dead man has not yet been established, he had "no identification on him", according to Gutt.

In any case, members of the Vienna professional fire department rescued the man from under the car and he was probably already dead at this point. Resuscitation attempts by the professional rescue team were unsuccessful. The detectives also hoped to gain further information from questioning the female driver. The driver is naturally in shock.

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