A 44-year-old Indian was detained and sent back to Italy after being caught trying to enter Austria on foot.The man was spotted strolling along the A13 Brenner motorway near Gries am Brenner in Tyrol by traffic policemen on Tuesday, local authorities said today (Thurs). He was deported to neighbouring Italy from where he presumably entered […]
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A new generation of radar traps has gone into operation.Road authorities said today (Fri) that they have begun setting up high-tech speed cameras on some of Austrias busiest motorways.Motorway authority Asfinag explained that the new devices were already operating at the A21 Außenring motorway in Vienna, the A10 Tauern motorway in Salzburg and the S1 […]
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 […]
Drivers might be allowed to use the breakdown lane of motorways in Austria from next year.Klaudia Niedermühlbichler, a spokeswoman for road administration authority Asfinag, revealed today (Thurs) a plan to start running tests on the A4 eastern motorway between Vienna and Schwechat in Lower Austria in 2012.There has been discussion over whether motorists should get […]
Police are investigating after a man died on the A8 Innkreis motorway in Upper Austria under mysterious circumstances.The elderly man, believed to be a 65-year-old Upper Austrian, was run down by a truck after running down a roadside embankment yesterday (Tues).It is matter of investigations why the man, who died instantly, ran onto the busy […]
Acid leak shuts motorway
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A busy motorway was closed down for several hours this morning (Fri) after a lorry transporting a dangerous substance came off the road.The 54-year-old driver of the Hungarian truck carrying sulphuric acid was uninjured when the vehicle overturned and landed on the embankment at around 5.30am on the A4 eastern motorway. The man may fallen […]
Road toll offender attacks policemen
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A Slovakian driver has been arrested for attacking two policemen, it has been announced.Viennese traffic officials said today (Mon) the 45-year-old kicked the officers when they fined him for driving on the A22 Donauufer motorway without a road toll sticker on Saturday.The tourist was put in custody in a Viennese jail. He will face a […]
Police prevented three suspected car thieves from escaping into Hungary with a rented Mercedes worth 31,000 Euros last night (Thurs-Fri). Burgenland police said today they had arrested the 25-year-old American male driving the car, a 41-year-old Romanian man and a 31-year-old Romanian woman at a former truck rest stop on the eastern motorway (A4) near […]
Wine mess on motorway
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Salzburgs A10 Tauern motorway had to be closed down for three hours near Flachau this morning (Tues) after a truck transporting wine turned over.Traffic police announced they were investigating how the accident occurred, adding that the lorry driver got away with only a few minor injuries.They said that there were hundreds of wine bottles on […]
Strabag shops mall order in Sweden
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Austrian construction top dog Strabag SE has been contracted to expand and renovate a shopping centre in Sweden.The Vienna-headquartered company announced today (Fri) it will enlarge the Täby Centrum in Stockholm from its current 50,000 square metres to an overall 80,000 square metres. Strabag added the size of the malls car park will be upped […]