A worker collapsed and died after being stung by a wasp, it has emerged.The 43-year-old from Perg told colleagues what happened before he passed out in front of them at his company in Wartberg ob der Aist near Freistadt, Upper Austria, yesterday (Thurs). The co-workers failed to resuscitate him.A doctor said today the man died […]
Four teenagers have been arrested after going on a joyride in a stolen car in Vienna.The friends three boys and a girl aged 16 and 17 respectively were arrested after being pulled over by traffic policemen on Tuesday night. The officers found out that the vehicle was reported as stolen by a newspaper […]
A Tyrolean worker was buried under several cubic metres of rubble after a chimney collapsed.The man was engaged in demolition work at a derelict building in Kufstein, Tyrol, yesterday (Tues). He reportedly failed to bring the brick chimney down using a digger. It collapsed when he tried to break up its foundation with a pickaxe.The […]
A 29-year-old man was caught shortly after he broke into three parked taxis.The felon – who was looking for cash and valuables – was nabbed thanks to information by witnesses, police in Vienna-Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus said today (Weds) about the incident on Monday night.Earlier this month a 25-year-old woman and a man, 36 were arrested […]
A hapless robber fled empty-handed when a betting shop clerk fled into a back room.The masked man asked the employee to hand over all of the days takings in the hold-up yesterday (Tues), officials in Vienna-Margareten said today. The man behind the counter dashed into a room in the back of the betting office to […]
A banker who embezzled more than six million Euros of clients money has been given a relatively mild sentence when judges heard he suffers from bipolar disorder.The ex-clerk who was sacked in October 2008 was sentenced to one year in prison at Viennas Criminal Court yesterday (Weds). The man has managed to disguise […]
Two Canadian women and a man from Lower Austria have been hospitalised after crashing into each other on their bikes.Police in Lienz, East Tyrol, said today (Thurs) the holidaymakers from overseas were going at high speed on their racing cycles when they collided with the Baden-based man on Tuesday.The trio sustained undisclosed injuries in the […]
A Bulgarian died in a collision on Upper Austrias A8 Innkreis motorway this morning (Thurs).Traffic police said the man was killed when the car he was travelling in crashed into an articulated truck near the Ried im Innkreis exit. Officials added that three passengers of the vehicle were hospitalised with undisclosed injuries. The lorry driver […]
Courageous citizens have rescued a pensioner from a raging river.The 65-year-old man lost his balance and fell over when he bent down to stroke his dog as he took the canine for a stroll along the Salzach River in the city of Salzburg yesterday afternoon (Tues).Three people did not hesitate to leap into the ice-cold […]
A hapless criminal was collared as he tried to rob a bank while police attended the branch on other grounds.Police officers called by clerks after the handbag of an elderly woman was stolen moments after she had left the bank in Viennas Mariahilf district with a large amount of cash yesterday afternoon (Thurs).When checking […]