Geologist and engineers have been in action in Upper-Austria this morning (Tuesday) after the floods caused the first damages to the Danube-bridge on Monday. Experts are working tirelessly to secure the site and thousands of sand bags have been placed as a protective measure. However, the regional fire brigade commandant Wolfgang Kronsteiner said the Danube […]
By Fidan Aliyeva in Vienna One of toppled Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s top official’s has been discovered dead floating in the river Danube. Shukri Ghanem, 69, who was Libyan prime minister between 2003 and 2006, was dressed normally when he left his home on Sunday morning and was found dead in the Danube at 6:40am […]
An elderly man was seriously injured as he charged a cannon. The 70-year-old was engulfed in flames at his home yesterday morning (Thurs) when the gunpowder he wanted to stick into the weapon detonated in his hands. He suffered burns all over his body and severe injuries to both hands, according to the police in […]
The Innsbruck area has been affected by a power cut for a second time in as many days. Local electricity providers said today (Thurs) around 3,000 households had been affected by the 45-minute disruption yesterday afternoon. They explained investigations into the cause were ongoing. Tyrolean officials stressed that the most recent incident was unrelated to […]
A young child has been airlifted to hospital after a traffic accident this morning (Fri). The minivan of a group of seven Italians came off the A2 southern motorway near Modriach in Styria. The tourists are understood to have been heading to Vienna. A girl – whose age has not been given by officials – […]
A demolition worker is fighting for his life after plunging 10 metres to the ground yesterday morning (Weds), it was reported today. The 56-year-old man was part of a group of workers assigned to tear down a building in Vienna’s Simmering district. He was airlifted to a clinic. Officials gave no information considering his state […]
Two young women died after hitting a tree.Police in Kundl, Tyrol, said the Serbian sisters aged 16 and 20 perished instantly when their car came off the road and crashed into a tree this morning (Thurs). It is unclear whether the older of the women was speeding.A 15-year-old friend of the killed sisters survived the […]
Seven parked cars were damaged when a woman lost control over her vehicle.The 40-year-old was not injured when she slammed into the row of parked cars in Vienna-Meidling on Saturday morning, police in the city said today (Mon). They added that her car caught fire in the crash.A breath check showed that the motorist was […]
A German motorcyclist died on the spot after crashing into a traffic sign yesterday morning (Sun).Police in Bad Großpertholz, Lower Austria, said today it was unclear whether the woman, 48, had been speeding.Last Thursday, a biker died when he collided with an oncoming car outside Klagenfurt, Carinthia.
Police shut a busy motorway to rescue a disorientated family of ducks.Motorists called the local traffic police after spotting how the 12-member family were about to enter the busy three-lane A10 Tauern highway near Golling in Salzburg this morning (Fri).Police officers preliminarily closed the motorway in one direction to save the ducks lives. Three ducklings […]