Upper Austrian officials are investigating after a fake police officer tried to fine a farmer.The man was stopped driving his combine harvester on a main road near St. Marien yesterday (Tues).The prankster on a road bike wearing a three-day stubble, sunglasses and a cycling helmet with a sticker saying “Polizei” (Police) checked the […]
A 55-year-old hiker is recovering in an Upper Austrian clinic after she suffered a cramp and passed out yesterday (Tues).The woman from Attersee was hiking across the Sonnstein Mountain near Traunkirchen in Upper Austrias Gmunden district when she suddenly suffered a cramp in her leg. Her pals said she collapsed and fell unconscious within minutes.An […]
Austrian IT firm Kapsch TrafficCom AG has reported a rise in earnings.The road toll specialist said today (Fri) net earnings soared from 16.4 million Euros to 36.5 million Euros year on year in the 2009/2010 business year.The company which is listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange (WBAG) also said turnover improved by eight […]
The victim of a freak car crash has been revealed as the deputy head of the Federal High Court (OGH).The OGH announced today (Mon) that Josef Gerstenecker died instantly when his car crashed against a bridge pier on the S6 main road near Neunkirchen, Lower Austria, last night.The 63-year-olds vehicle is a write-off. The 20-year-old […]
Upper Austrian motorcycle and off-road vehicle maker KTM Power Sports AG is racing all the way on the road to recovery as earnings soared in the first half of its 2009/2010 business year.Officials at the Mattighofen-based firm said today (Thurs) earnings before interest and taxes (Ebit) climbed to 6.3 million Euros after losses of nine […]
An 83-year-old woman punched and bit two policemen as she faced being banned from the roads in Styrias Bruck an der Mur district yesterday (Thurs).The pensioner who failed to present a driving licence during a routine traffic check on the B116 main road near Kapfenberg, lashed out at the officers when they asked her to […]
A wheelchair-bound writer on a pilgrimage from Belgium to Israel was hit by a drink driver in Upper Austria on Wednesday, it was announced yesterday (Thurs).The Italian-born handicapped woman was driving along the B137 main road near Grieskirchen when a drunk Austrian ploughed into her vehicle.The paraplegic woman and her dog who has been […]
A traffic jam of several kilometres was caused when a lorry crashed into the walls of Viennas Schönbrunn Palace Gardens this morning (Thurs).Police said the driver got away with minor injuries after he came off the road and ploughed into a wall near Kennedy Bridge on the road towards the city centre shortly before 9am.Firemen […]
Tyrolean police are hunting for a driver who managed to escape by foot after a wild road chase on Saturday.Cops in the province said today (Mon) the man had caused a trail of destruction after he fled from a police check point at high speed near Innsbruck.He then crashed through a road block going around […]