Three young people had to be hospitalised after a lustre fell to the ground at a night club in Upper Austria last night (Thurs/Fri).Police in Linz said today they were investigating the incident to determine whether human error, a technical issue or negligence was the cause.Three men aged between 19 and 21 are recovering in […]
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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 […]
Transaction error upsets BA clients
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Bank Austria (BA) customers have been assured they will be compensated for losses temporarily suffered due to a technical glitch.Viennese newspapers report today (Thurs) that hundreds of customers of BA and credit card payment services provider Paylife were affected by the error which meant amounts twice as high as intended had been withdrawn from their […]
A 29-year-old worker suffered severe injuries when his head was squeezed between a crash barrier and a hoist this morning (Thurs).The accident occurred on the A2 southern motorway near Techelsberg in Carinthia. Police assume that a technical error with the hydraulic lift was the reason for the incident. The injured road construction worker a […]
Truck crashes into church
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A 51-year-old tank lorry driver sustained serious injuries when he crashed against a church wall around midday today (Tues).The man was hospitalised in Horn after the incident in Untermarkersdorf in Lower Austrias Hollabrunn district. Police, who plan to question the driver as soon as he recovers, are currently trying to find out whether a technical […]
Passengers trapped in a crowded underground train for two hours in Vienna will receive nothing but tickets worth less than 30 Euros as compensation by the citys public transport agency.Answer Lang, a spokesman for Wiener Linien announced today (Thurs) that the company had decided to offer the eight-day rider tickets costing 28.80 Euros to the […]
A main road in Vorarlberg had to be closed down for around an hour after a farmer lost a trailer full of apples last night (Mon).The 46-year-old from Rankweil kept on driving after failing to notice that the rear flap of his tractors trailer had opened due to a technical error on the L190 motorway […]