Family get trapped in lift on Pyramiden-Kogel

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A family was trapped in a lift whilst trying to reach the viewing platform of the newly opened Pyramiden Kogel in Keutschach, Carinthia. On the last ride of the day the doors would not open to release the family – only after some minutes was it possible for the doors to be opened. This is […]

Training plan for redundant Swarovski employees

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Over 100 Swarovski staff who lost their jobs last week have been given a “new chance”, says the company’s director. The 110 workers who were laid off have been told they can take advantage of a new social plan offering training and help with finding new jobs. The ‘Work Foundation’ which will allow each employee […]

Ski lift user collides with car

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A 57-year-old woman from Germany has sustained a knee injury in an unusual skiing accident.Authorities in Raggal, Vorarlberg, said today (Fri) the holidaymaker collided with a car as she was dragged up the hill by a tow lift in the winter sport resort of Pfifareute on Tuesday.Police explained the driver, 60, was careless when checking […]

Worker’s head crushed by hydraulic lift

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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 […]

Brit pensioner cycles on motorway

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Salzburg traffic police kept an elderly Briton from cycling through a motorway tunnel yesterday (Thurs).Russel M., 74, was about to enter the A10 Tauern motorway’s Reit tunnel near Hüttau in the province of Salzburg when police officers arrived to stop him.Several drivers called traffic authorities to inform them about a man cycling along the busy […]

Brit arrested for alleged human trafficking attempt

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A Briton has been arrested for trying to smuggle six Afghans illegally into France.Police in Kufstein, Tyrol, said today (Mon) the British driver, 34, told them that the six passengers – of whom one was found in the boot – were friends of a friend and he agreed to give them a lift to Paris […]