A 45-year-old woman from Vienna died when a car plummeted over a 300-metre embankment in the Salzburg Alps yesterday (Sun). Two other passengers of the vehicle were injured in the accident. Local newspapers write today that a woman suffered serious injuries while a man got away with nothing but cuts and bruises. The incident reportedly […]
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Road roller driver drops down ravine
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A 26-year-old worker was airlifted to a hospital after he fell down a 50-metre embankment while operating a street roller yesterday afternoon (Mon).The man from Altenmarkt in Salzburgs Pongau region came off the rural road at the roadwork site in Rennweg near Spittal an der Drau, Carinthia. He sustained life-threatening injuries when he dropped down […]
Farmer dies under tractor
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An elderly farmer died after his tractor fell on top of him as he worked in a forest in Upper Austria.The 80-year-old was already dead when he was discovered by a hiker in woodland outside Pfarrkirchen in the provinces Rohrbach district this morning (Fri). Police said he might have died instantly after the vehicle overturned […]
Romanian skier dies after jump
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A Romanian holidaymaker was killed after leaping over a ski-jump yesterday (Mon).The 35-year-old woman was skiing down a piste in Kirchberg in Tyrols Kitzbühel district. She reportedly crashed against a snowboarding half-pipe after skiing over the jump set up for skiers.The tourist was already dead when a team of paramedics arrived via helicopter some minutes […]
A 28-year-old restaurant manager died when his car plunged down a 300-metre embankment in Salzburg on Tuesday, police in the province announced today (Thurs).The man was transporting foodstuffs to the eatery located on a mountain near Mauterndorf at an altitude of around 2,000 metres. Police investigations suggest that his vehicle slid down a steep ravine […]
A teenage driver crashed into the playground of a McDonalds restaurant in the province of Burgenland last night (Weds/Thurs).Police in Oberwart said today the 19-year-old local crashed down a five-metre embankment after losing control of his vehicle in a roundabout.They added his car came to a standstill after colliding with the childrens slide at the […]