Truck runs over 14-year-old e-scooter rider in Vienna

A 14-year-old boy suffered life-threatening injuries when a truck ran over him as he rode an e-scooter in Vienna’s Liesing district on Tuesday afternoon, ORF reported.

The boy was travelling along Josef-Österreicher-Gasse when the incident happened. Vienna’s professional ambulance service treated him at the scene before he was flown by rescue helicopter to a hospital’s trauma room while CPR continued. Doctors are fighting to save his life.

Police are investigating the circumstances. Two trucks nearby are being considered as possible vehicles involved, but officers have not yet established which one was involved.