General News, page 203

• Girl dies hours after third-floor fall
  A three-year-old girl has died hours after she plunged from a third-storey window.
• Hells Angels drug-dealing suspect nabbed
  An alleged Hells Angels drug dealer for whom there was a European warrant was collared by a special police force in Graz yesterday (Tues).
• Drunk wheelchair-bound man rescued from river
  A boozed-up wheelchair-bound man had a narrow escape after he plunged into a raging river last night (Tues).
• Pensioner injures teen with air gun
  Upper Austrian police have confiscated a pensioner’s air gun after he fired at a teenager.

• Family dad falls to his death on hiking trip
  A 42-year-old family mum was forced to watch as her husband fell to his death on a mountain in Lower Austria yesterday (Tues).
• Woman steers car into river
  A 44-year-old woman got away uninjured after she steered her car into a river yesterday (Tues).
• Investigations as baby found dead
  Prosecutors are investigating after a baby died at an asylum in Lower Austria.
• Harmless snake hiding in Crocs sparks police action
  A Styrian may face charges for wasting police time after calling officers about a reptile curled up in his shoes – which turned out to be a harmless Grass Snake.

• Schnitzel-frying puts woman in clinic
  A Vienna woman suffered serious burns when she poured hot oil on her upper body while trying to cook a schnitzel while on holiday on the French island of Corsica.
• Girl killed by tractor steered by dad
  A two-year-old girl died instantly after she was run down by a tractor driven by her 42-year-old father yesterday (Mon).
• Farmer flattened by tractor
  A young farmer died under his own tractor in a freak traffic accident yesterday (Sun).
• Special police unit stop mad tractor driver
  A drunk tractor driver was stopped after a wild six-kilometre chase on Saturday night, police in Vorarlberg said today (Mon).

• Drunk wrong-direction truck driver banned from the roads
  A Romanian lorry driver lost his licence after being found more than five times over the drink and drive limit yesterday (Sun).
• Catholic priests lose trust, poll shows
  Austrians’ trust in priests is dwindling as the Roman Catholic Church is going through its biggest post-war crisis.
• Hotel gas leak hospitalises five
  Around 60 guests had to be evacuated for around three hours after chloride gas spread at a hotel in Tyrol on Saturday night.
• Horses put down after crash
  Two horses were put down following a freak traffic accident in Styria yesterday (Sun).

• Hikers forced to spend night on mountain
  Three hikers survived a night on a mountain after losing their way.
• Swiss drink-driver kills two
  A Swiss man is facing jail after two people died when he steered into a group of pedestrians on Saturday night.
• New Vienna and Salzburg English language papers
  The Vienna-based Austrian Times Group has today launched two regional editions covering Salzburg and Vienna.
• 'No autographs' Kampusch to present autobiography
  Natascha Kampusch has been criticised for stressing well ahead of the presentation of her autobiography that she will not provide any autographs.

• Mentally ill Brit missing for three weeks
  A British man is adamant about continuing to look for his son after he went missing three weeks ago.
• Anger as all 'combat dog' owners pass test
  Critics of Vienna’s new dog-keeping licence feel confirmed as it has emerged that not a single applicant has failed the test.
• Study reveals Austrian men to be household slackers
  Austrian men spend significantly less time on household chores than they did around 30 years ago.
• Farmer unconscious for hours after cow attack
  A Tyrolean farmer was knocked out by a cow while cutting wood yesterday (Thurs).

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