Debant, 29 October 2026
A 19-year-old was seriously injured on Thursday at a construction site in Debant in the Lienz district of East Tyrol after being struck by construction scaffolding.
A serious accident occurred on Thursday at a construction site in Debant (Lienz district, East Tyrol). The 19-year-old was seriously injured after colliding with construction scaffolding.
The police were alerted and took over the investigation at the accident scene. According to the relevant authorities, the young man was working on the construction site at the time of the accident.
Based on the information available so far, the incident occurred on Thursday morning. The injured person’s exact age was given as 19.
Circumstances of the accident are being investigated
Initially, there were no details available about the scaffolding’s structure, the circumstances of its fall, or the specific work procedures at the construction site. The height from which the scaffolding fell was also not yet known.
