Thursday, June 19, 2008

British teacher run over by tram in Vienna listening to MP3 player

By Nigel Bunyan

A British teacher has died in Vienna after being run over by a tram as he tried to cross a road while listening to his MP3 player.

Hugh Linley, 46, failed to either see or hear warnings that the tram was approaching him.

The driver began to brake but still hit the pedestrian with such force that he suffered multiple injuries to his head, kidneys and ribs.

Mr Linley, an expat English language teacher, was airlifted to a local hospital and remained in a coma for three days until he died on Tuesday.

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