Segway mountain plunge

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A tourist from Vorarlberg is in a critical condition after falling off a mountain path after using a Segway on an officially organised tour at Seefeld in Tirol. Local police who are investigating have admitted that the Segway might not be the best thing to use on a mountain route, and are investigating how safe […]

BBQ claim as tourist knocks down official

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A 23-year-old Romanian faces legal consequences for driving his car into an Alpine authority official.The 67-year-old Austrian ordered the young man to stop as he was travelling on a cycling path outside Inzing near Innsbruck in Tyrol on Sunday afternoon. The Romanian however hit his accelerator, knocked the man down and drove off.He was tracked […]

Dead German found in Salzburg Alps

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Police are investigating after a jogger discovered the body of a hiker yesterday evening (Weds).The woman called police after found the corpse on the Pferdeschlittenweg path near the town of St. Martin in Salzburg’s Tennengau region.Officials found out that the corpse was a 61-year-old resident of Leipzig in Germany who spent his holiday in the […]

Hiker hospitalised after snakebite

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A hiker had to spend the night in intensive care after he was bitten by a crossed viper.Lower Austrian Franz Seiberl said today (Weds) he tried to scare away a few of the poisonous snakes – which are also known as European adders – when he spotted them winding towards him on a hiking path […]

Vienna ‘cycling highway’ construction starts

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Construction of a new “cycling highway” started in Vienna this morning (Fri).Work for the 3.5-kilometre path along the Wien river will cost 5.3 million Euros, city officials have said.The track – which hikers will also be allowed to use – will connect Hütteldorf train station in Vienna-Penzing and Kennedy bridge underground station in Hietzing district. […]