The fire brigade was called to the Wiener Wurstelprater on Sunday because a technician had injured himself so badly on a popular ride at a height of around 20 meters that he could no longer get down on his own.
His colleagues alerted the fire department at 11:45 a.m. after the accident at work happened. The victim injured himself during maintenance work on the chain carousel. At the same time, as a precaution, firefighters positioned two safety cushions and a turntable ladder. A rescue via the inner area of the tower was not possible for reasons of space. In order to be able to free the technician from his predicament as quickly as possible, a height rescuer roped down together with him. No other people were injured. The worker was then taken to a hospital. How the accident happened is still being determined. Other people or visitors were not in danger. A total of 25 emergency services were on site.
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