Saudi father and child killed after saving his family in train collision in Austria

The accident occurred at the so-called “Eiger Crossing” in the city of St. Johann in Tyrol, western Austria. (Twitter/@AlShareef700)

• The family’s vehicle got stuck on the rail tracks while attempting to cross
• The 34-year-old mother and two other children, 7 and 11-years-old, survived the accident unharmed

LONDON: A Saudi national and his four-year-old child were killed on Wednesday after a train collided into their car in western Austria, the Okaz newspaper reported on Friday.
The family’s vehicle got stuck on the rail tracks while attempting to cross, and the husband managed to get his wife and two children out of the car. But when he returned to retrieve the four-year-old from the child seat the train collided with the vehicle, killing them both.
Details of the accident were revealed by a relative of the deceased, Mohammed Al-Sharif, via his Twitter account.
The 35-year-old citizen was on vacation with his family, and the accident occurred at the so-called “Eiger Crossing” in the city of St. Johann in Tyrol, Okaz said, citing media reports.
The train was heading from Kitzbuhel to St. Johann, and was unable to stop in time, it added.
Austrian police announced the death of the child on Thursday, while the father was taken to a hospital in St. Johann, but attempts to rescue him were unsuccessful due to the seriousness of his injuries.
The 34-year-old mother and the two other children, 7 and 11-years-old, survived the accident unharmed.