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Old December 3rd, 2015, 10:50 PM posted to rec.travel.europe
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Default Train accident victim (Berkeley, CA woman) can't sue railroad(owned by Austria) in the USA


On Wednesday, December 2, 2015 at 12:44:59 PM UTC-8, wrote:
How old was (is) she?



I found the answer:


http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/articl...ot-4225181.php

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Sachs, who had bought a Eurail pass, was injured in April 2007 at a station in Innsbruck. She said she slipped through a gap and fell to the tracks when the doors of the train she was trying to board closed and the train started moving. Both her legs had to be amputated above the knee.

Her suit accused OBB of operating the train negligently, failing to provide a safe place to board and failing to warn passengers. Those issues remain on hold while the courts address the railroad's claim of legal immunity.

Sachs is now 48 and works for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, said her lawyer, Geoffrey Becker.