A young resident of Vienna-Wieden has died after slipping while having a shower.The nine-year-olds motionless body was found by her mum yesterday evening (Tues). The woman called an ambulance. Doctors managed to revive her before the child died due to severe head injuries at the citys SMZ Ost Clinic a few hours later.Meanwhile, a woman […]
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Red light crash kills driver
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A Lower Austrian man died in a car crash yesterday evening (Sun), police said today.The man, 45, was hit by the car of a Spaniard. The 27-year-old apparently ignored or failed to notice the red light at the crossroad on the B7 main road outside Mistelbach. The tourist and his 25-year-old girlfriend suffered undisclosed injuries […]
An elderly driver hit a jogger after falling asleep behind the wheel, it was reported today (Mon).Police in Afiesl, Upper Austria, said that the 73-year-old did not sustain any injuries in the incident which occurred yesterday evening. The 24-year-old hobby athlete had to be hospitalised after he was hit by the vehicle. He landed in […]
Driver crashes into tractor and dies
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A 56-year-old man from Carinthia succumbed to his head injuries sustained when he crashed into the back of a tractor.The motorist may have been speeding when he slammed into the agricultural vehicle which was going at walking pace on the B114 near Trieben in the Styrian district of Judenburg yesterday evening (Thurs).The farmer got away […]
Kid injured by mower blade
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A young boy was hospitalised after being injured by the rotating blade of a lawnmower.The one-year-old child suffered serious injuries to his arms and upper body when his mum, 34, had an inattentive moment, police in Niedernsill, Salzburg, said today (Fri) about the incident in the familys back garden yesterday afternoon.Officials explained the woman was […]
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 […]
A motorist got away with minor injuries when he crashed against a tree yesterday afternoon (Thurs).The 34-year-old came off a street near Sieghartskirchen in Lower Austrias Tulln district before ploughing into a roadside tree. His car was wrecked in the accident. The man was hospitalised with slight injuries. The motorist was not drunk, but police […]
Pole stabs girlfriend’s ex
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A Polish man has been arrested for stabbing his girlfriends former partner.The 32-year-old was put in custody after he knifed his love rival a 28-year-old compatriot in the stomach once in the hallway of a housing estate in Vienna-Meidling yesterday evening (Mon).The victim was hospitalised with injuries described as not life-threatening by doctors.
A 47-year-old Austrian and a 46-year-old German sustained injuries when they collided on a slope in Carinthia yesterday (Sun).The men crashed into each other on a piste in the ski resort of Nassfeld in the district of Hermagor around midday. Officials did not give any information on the kind of injuries they sustained. The German […]
Tram-surfing teens cautioned
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Two teenagers were reprimanded for dangling off a driving tram.The boys aged 13 and 14 clung onto the back of the public transport vehicle in the Upper Austrian city of Linz this morning (Weds). They ran away when its driver stopped between two stations after being told by passengers what was going on.The offenders were […]