Pilgrims escape coach crash unharmed

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Dozens of Austrian pilgrims had a narrow escape as their coach crashed on a motorway in Croatia.Local police announced today (Thurs) no one was injured when the vehicle ploughed into a fence erected alongside a motorway near Sestanovac yesterday.Officials told the Croatian Times online newspaper that the group – consisting of 47 Austrians – were […]

Tourists sedated and robbed

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Police are investigating after a German couple were numbed and robbed at a motorway rest stop in Carinthia on Tuesday night.Officials in Villach said today (Thurs) the pensioners – a man, 68, and his 66-year-old wife – parked their caravan in a rest stop car park at the A11 Karawanken motorway to spend the night […]

Caravan thieves return dog

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Remorseful thieves returned an Austrian family’s pet dog after making off with their caravan, it has emerged.Corinna G. from Baden, Lower Austria, said today (Fri) she had driven to the Italian city of Pisa earlier this week after being informed that family canine “Micky” had been found leashed to a fence at the campsite where […]

Kite surfer hurled against caravan

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A kite surfer suffered serious injuries as a wind gust threw him against a caravan today (Weds).The 44-year-old man from Vienna was transported to the city’s Meidling Emergency Clinic after the dramatic accident at Lake Neusiedl in the eastern province of Burgenland.Local officials said the man sustained broken ribs and possibly spinal injuries as he […]