A Bulgarian died in a collision on Upper Austrias A8 Innkreis motorway this morning (Thurs).Traffic police said the man was killed when the car he was travelling in crashed into an articulated truck near the Ried im Innkreis exit. Officials added that three passengers of the vehicle were hospitalised with undisclosed injuries. The lorry driver […]
A surgeon reported himself to prosecutors after a teenagers leg had to be amputated.A new experts opinion concluded that the medic may have failed to diagnose a circulatory disorder after the 15-year-old boy underwent a routine operation at the LKH Clinic in Bludenz, Vorarlberg, after a leisure time accident last month.Doctors had to remove his […]
Courageous citizens have rescued a pensioner from a raging river.The 65-year-old man lost his balance and fell over when he bent down to stroke his dog as he took the canine for a stroll along the Salzach River in the city of Salzburg yesterday afternoon (Tues).Three people did not hesitate to leap into the ice-cold […]
Tens of thousands of Austrians are addicted to gambling, according to a new study.The Gallup research group announced today (Weds) that 64,000 Austrians are believed to be compulsive gamblers. The agency explained this number means that the share of slot machine and sport betting addicts in Austrias overall populace resembles the European average. Around 8.5 […]
A Swimming World Championship hopeful had to be freed from a large hole in a complex operation on Sunday.Jakub Maly from Eisenstadt in the eastern Austrian province of Burgenland dug the two-metre deep hole before jumping in for fun at Pomano Beach in Florida, United States. It took the more than 50 rescuers two hours […]
Police are helping keeping a watch on a 500-year-old grape vine after it was dug up – and hacked into pieces – in an attack suspected to have been carried out by a jealous vintner.The vine had survived wars, droughts, fires and finally the abandonment of the vineyard where it was growing bringing the arrival […]
A young boy is in intensive care after swigging down a bottle of vodka.The 10-year-old was hospitalised after passersby found him lying in a roadside ditch in Gratwein near Graz, Styria. The kid reportedly emptied a 0.7-litre bottle of vodka on a playground within four hours before passing out yesterday evening (Thurs). Doctors at the […]
A hapless criminal was collared as he tried to rob a bank while police attended the branch on other grounds.Police officers called by clerks after the handbag of an elderly woman was stolen moments after she had left the bank in Viennas Mariahilf district with a large amount of cash yesterday afternoon (Thurs).When checking […]
A minor road-rager tried to flee from police by leaping into an ice-cold pond.Traffic police took up the chase of the 14-year-old moped rider after other motorists complained about his speeding and erratic driving style in Bad Goisern, Upper Austria, on Wednesday. The teen whose souped-up moped was not licensed eventually jumped into […]
A motorist got away with minor injuries when he crashed against a tree yesterday afternoon (Thurs).The 34-year-old came off a street near Sieghartskirchen in Lower Austrias Tulln district before ploughing into a roadside tree. His car was wrecked in the accident. The man was hospitalised with slight injuries. The motorist was not drunk, but police […]