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 […]
An Indian man has been put in custody for transporting 19 Afghans in his van.The human trafficking suspect was arrested near Radfeld in Tyrols Kufstein district last night (Thurs), immigration authorities announced today.Police found 19 refugees from Afghanistan squeezed in the mans Ford Transit van during a traffic check around 11.30pm. The group included one […]
An Afghan who stopped while walking through a busy motorway tunnel has applied for asylum in Austria, it has been reported.Officials in the province of Salzburg said today (Thurs) the man was spotted strolling in the A10 Tauern motorways 6.4-kilometre Tauern tunnel yesterday.The man failed to present an ID but applied for political asylum in […]
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 […]
Experts have warned of the “worst traffic weekend this summer”.Officials of ÖAMTC and Arbö Austrias leading motorists associations said today (Mon) record-breaking jams were expected to occur on several key travel routes across Austria as summer holidays start in the German provinces of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria.Helmut Beigl of ÖAMTC said: “There was a […]