Two children had a narrow escape after the car steered by their mother ploughed into a roadside switchbox yesterday (Weds).The kids, aged one week and four years, suffered just a few bruises in the crash near Dienten, Salzburg, while their mother had to be hospitalised with cervical vertebra injuries.Police in the provinces Pongau region said […]
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Coach – tram crash injures 12
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At least 12 people were injured when a coach collided with a tram in the city centre of Vienna this morning (Fri).The driver of the coach transporting a group of tourists from Serbia steered into a line 2 tram in the Ringstraße boulevard road. Police investigations have shown that the coach driver failed to notice […]
Plane crash claims two
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Two people were killed in a plane crash in Upper Austria this afternoon (Thurs).Officials in Hirschbach im Mühlkreis in the provinces Freistadt district said both the pilot and the sole passenger of the single-engine aircraft died instantly when it went up in flames after careering into an embankment at a restaurant close to the local […]
An Austrian businessman is among those killed in a plane crash in Pakistan earlier today (Weds).Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal, a spokesman for the Austrian foreign ministry, said Mirko C. had lived in Göttingen, Germany, for some time. The 60-year-old Austrian-born had been working for a German company and had been on a business trip, Launsky-Tieffenthal added.A total […]
New models by BMW and Alfa Romeo have won an Austrian car clubs crash test.Motorists association ÖAMTC said today (Weds) the BMW 5 Series and the Alfa Romeo Giulietta reached top marks of its five-star ranking, while the new Mazda CX-7 bagged four stars.ÖAMTC lauded the two winning models for avoiding serious pressure on any […]
By Emiliano AlbensiThree Austrians were killed in an airplane crash in central Italy yesterday evening (Sun) after flying into a snowstorm, it has emerged.Officials in the countrys Marche region said today (Mon) the Cessna 182 started in Romes Urbe Airport for Wolfsberg, Austria, when it crashed between Ancona and Macerata.The site where the plane came […]