50-year-old man hit and killed by streetcar in Basel
Published: Saturday, Dec 7th 2024, 19:10
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A 50-year-old man has been fatally injured after being hit by a streetcar in Basel. The accident occurred shortly before 3 p.m. on Saturday at Aeschengraben. The victim is Brazilian.
The pedestrian was crossing the streetcar line when he was hit head-on by a streetcar approaching from Aeschenplatz, according to the Basel-Stadt cantonal police. Resuscitation attempts by several streetcar passengers, passers-by and the Basel-Stadt ambulance service had to be aborted without success. A breath test on the streetcar driver was negative.
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