A deaf woman died after she was hit by a train yesterday (Tues).The 57-year-old attempted to cross a railway track with her bicycle when a regional train approached, police in Bad Ischl, Upper Austria, said today.Officials said the train driver carried out an emergency braking attempt when he spotted the woman. However, this failed to […]
A shop manager had a narrow escape as an elderly driver crashed though the stores glass front this morning (Fri).The 76-year-old woman from Wels had tried to park her car outside the Billa shop in Bad Ischl in Upper Austrias Gmunden district, but smashed through the front door. The pensioner is understood to have mixed […]
An Upper Austrian pensioner was hospitalised with smoke poisoning after an exploding battery from an electric bike caused a massive blaze in his flat yesterday (Weds).The man, 73, tried to fight the fire with blankets himself before firemen called in by a neighbour dragged him to safety. He passed out minutes later.Fire-fighters in […]