Lorry gets stuck in cesspit

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A truck transporting dead pigs got stuck in a sewage plant on a farm in Upper Austria yesterday (Mon) after its driver was sent the wrong way by his SatNav.Fire-fighters in Pettenfirst used a crane to drag the company lorry out of the cesspit.It ended up getting stuck when the driver – who was not […]

Hash farm destroyed by defunct air con fire

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A massive cannabis farm set up illegally at a Vienna flat was devastated by a blaze yesterday (Tues).Police in Simmering district said today the air condition system set up by the owner to ensure flourishing growth caught fire due to a technical failure.A spokesman for the local fire brigade said: “None of the residents of […]

Farmer dies helping crashed parachutist

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A 54-year-old man died while trying to help a crashed parachutist disentangle his parachute from a tree on Friday.Police in Lind, Carinthia, said today (Mon) that the parachutist had managed safely to cut himself free after landing in the treetops in a forest and gone to a nearby farm to get a ladder so he […]

Farmers in court for keeping slave

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A Styrian farmer and his son accused of keeping a man as his work slave for years were in court in Leoben yesterday (Mon).Prosecutors charged Peter P., 63, and his 29-year-old son Christian P. with neglect, fraud and forging of documents after officials found that Max L., 56, had to work under gruesome conditions at […]