Overview
- Manninger’s car was struck and dragged by a Salzburg Local Railway train at a level crossing near Nussdorf am Haunsberg on Thursday morning, with local reports saying the crossing was unguarded.
- First responders pulled him from the wreck and used CPR and a defibrillator, but he died at the scene, and police said he was alone in the car and the train driver was unharmed.
- Police and the Salzburg public prosecutor opened a forensic inquiry that will analyze electronic data from the car and the train to reconstruct the moments before impact.
- Red Bull Salzburg confirmed his death, and Arsenal, Liverpool, Juventus and Austria’s FA posted tributes and condolences.
- The Austrian international earned 33 caps and played for clubs including Arsenal, Juventus and Liverpool, featuring in Arsenal’s 1997–98 Premier League and FA Cup double.