Former Arsenal Star Alex Manninger Dies at 48 After His Car His Hit by Train
Manninger died in Austria on Thursday, April 16
Alexander Manninger Credit: Simon Hofmann/Bongarts/Getty NEED TO KNOW Former Arsenal goalkeeper Alex Manninger died at 48 after a car crash involving a train in Salzburg, Austria Manninger played for Arsenal from 1997 to 2002 and was part of their 1998 Premier League and FA Cup-winning team Tributes poured in from Arsenal, Red Bull Salzburg, and Austria’s football association honoring his legacy and professionalism Former Arsenal goalkeeper Alex Manninger has died at the age of 48 after his car was struck by a train in Austria. On Thursday, April 16, Manninger’s first soccer team, Red Bull Salzburg, announced that he had died. “We mourn our former goalkeeper Alexander Manninger, who tragically lost his life in a traffic accident.
Our thoughts are with his family and friends,” they wrote on X. “Rest in peace, Alexander. ” Salzburg Police said that they responded to a traffic accident at a level crossing in Salzburg at around 8:20 a.
m. The incident involved a train and a car, per the statement . “Upon arrival, emergency responders found that the car's driver, a 48-year-old man from Salzburg, had already been freed from the vehicle by first responders and was undergoing CPR,” the release read.
Alex Manninger of Liverpool poses for a portrait at Melwood Training Ground on August 5, 2016 in Liverpool Credit: Nick Taylor/Liverpool FC/Liverpool FC via Getty Authorities added that while resuscitation efforts and a defibrillator was used, the individual “succumbed to his injuries. ” “According to initial investigations, the car was struck and dragged by a train of the Salzburg Local Railway while crossing the tracks,” police wrote. “The driver was alone in the vehicle.