A taxi driver and his wife were beaten up by an unidentified duo on Monday night.The attackers punched and knocked down the cab driver and his wife who was also in the car since it was her husbands final ride for the day before grabbing his money, police in Vienna-Alsergrund said today (Weds).The […]
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A young woman from Slovenia has died after an accident on Austrias A2 southern motorway.The 19-year-old was sitting in a car steered by a 21-year-old pal yesterday morning (Tues). The driver and another passenger a 16-year-old boy sustained severe injuries when the vehicle came off the road and overturned before landing in a […]
Drunk bus driver busted
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A Serbian coach driver had to hand over his licence for speeding.Police in Ansfelden, Upper Austria, said today (Weds) the man was caught going too fast in a 100 kilometre per hour (kph) limit zone on the A1 motorway on Monday. They did not say how fast the coach driver went, but revealed he was […]
Taxi knocks down schoolgirl
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A 10-year-old girl suffered multiple fractures when she was hit by a cab.The child ran onto the street after school in Viennas Ottakring district yesterday (Weds). A taxi driver failed to stop in time and knocked her down. The man said he was unable to react sooner since she suddenly emerged between parked cars.The primary […]
More than a dozen passengers had a narrow escape when a coach was at risk of plunging down a descent and into a river yesterday (Mon).The 52-year-old driver of the vehicle came off the bendy mountain pass road in the Carinthian district of Spittal an der Drau for unclear reasons. He told the 13 passengers […]
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 […]
Motorcyclist killed in crash
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An elderly biker died in a head-on collision in Lower Austria this morning (Weds).The 61-year-old man lost control of his motorcycle before crashing into an oncoming truck in Klausen-Leopoldsdorf in the provinces Baden district.Paramedics reached the site of the accident within minutes, but their resuscitation attempts failed to save his life.The lorry driver did not […]
Truck stopped over safety concerns
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A lorry driver was reprimanded for ignoring cargo safety rules.Police in the province of Salzburg said today (Tues) that tree trunks on the trailer of the truck from the German state of Bavaria were not secured with lashing straps or chains.Traffic police officers issued a report to provincial prosecutors after stopping the driver in Eugendorf […]
BMW almost 120 kph over speed limit
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Police in Burgenland are investigating against a driver from Hungary for doing more than 200 kilometres per hour (kph).Officials in Oberwart said today (Mon) the BMW was caught travelling at 218 kph near Schachendorf by a radar trap on a 100 kph limit main road yesterday. Austrian police have already contacted their colleagues in bordering […]
Lithuanian hit and run driver nabbed
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A Lithuanian driver has been arrested after crashing through a road barrier.The 41-year-old man got behind the wheel after causing an accident near Laa an der Thaya in Lower Austria yesterday (Tues). He crashed through a road block police had built up a few kilometres down the road close to the Czech border.The hit and […]