Styrian killed in head-on crash in Hungary

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A 33-year-old Austrian has died shortly after a car accident in Hungary.The man from the Austrian province of Styria died at a clinic due to the massive injuries he suffered in the head-on collision on the M70 main road near Letenye yesterday (Weds).Local police said today the driver of the other car – a Romanian […]

Driver slams into McDonald’s playground

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A teenage driver crashed into the playground of a McDonald’s restaurant in the province of Burgenland last night (Weds/Thurs).Police in Oberwart said today the 19-year-old local crashed down a five-metre embankment after losing control of his vehicle in a roundabout.They added his car came to a standstill after colliding with the children’s slide at the […]

Ceremony in memory of 150 murdered Jews

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A ceremony in memory of 150 Jews murdered by the Nazis in March 1945 in Burgenland’s Oberwart district took place yesterday (Sun).The forced labourers had been working on the so-called southeast wall that the Nazis had built to hinder the advance of Soviet forces into Austria.The murders at Kreuzstadl took place on the same evening […]

Worker’s head almost crushed in accident

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A worker’s head was nearly crushed at his workplace when it got stuck between the rear axle of a truck and a jack, police said.The worker, 19, from Fürstenfeld district, was standing in a pit below a truck on which he was working when the incident occurred in Styria’s Hartberg district yesterday (Tues).The man’s screams […]