German tourist injured while touring Vienna sewer

Posted on May 22, 2013 • Filed under: Europe, Tourist Injured

Viennatimes.at reports that a German tourist had a lucky escape after he decided to go underground to get a view of the Vienna sewers, and fell badly breaking several bones including his hip and his leg. Completely unable to move things looked bleak for Gunther Heidinger, 55, who admitted that over the noise of the running water there had been no chance anyone would hear him. Worse, the forecast was for heavy rain which meant the man would have drowned had he stayed much longer. Read article

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