Vienna International Airport (VIA) has raised its passenger figures prediction for this year as numbers continue to climb.VIA said today (Thurs) it registered 1.83 million passengers last month, up by 11.4 per cent compared to October 2009. The airport, which recorded a 13.8 per cent year on year increase in customers back in September, explained […]
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The president of the Salzburg Labour Chamber (AK) has admitted being “stupid” for driving under the influence of alcohol.Siegfried Pichler confirmed newspaper reports that he his driving licence has been taken away after being caught well over the legal drink drive limit near the city of Salzburg recently.”I was simply stupid, I dont want to […]
Snow safety masts damaged
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Police in Upper Austria are investigating after dozens of roadside masts were destroyed at the weekend.Officials in Meggenhofen near Grieskirchen said today (Tues) the masts set up along the road as snow is expected to fall shortly were ripped out of the ground or cracked into pieces.The amount of damages has not yet […]
A pensioner has been arrested after being caught driving without a licence for the fourth time in as many months.The 64-year-old resident of Salzburg sped off when police asked him to pull over in a routine traffic check near the town of Hof yesterday (Weds). The man was caught after a wild street chase minutes […]
Two pals face traffic charges after forcing police into a wild street chase following a hit and run crash.Officials in the city of Salzburg said today (Weds) a 21-year-old drink driver called up his friend after steering into two parked cars last night.The 24-year-old who was also found to be over the legal limit […]
A Carinthian farmer shot himself dead instead of starting a 200-day prison term, it has emerged.The Oberlienz resident left his farm on foot yesterday (Tues) shortly before a special Cobra police unit surrounded the estate to pick him up after he failed to turn up at Villach prison.He was due to spend 200 days behind […]
A pedestrian hit by a car was found being looked after by his wife following an accident in Upper Austria this morning (Mon).The 48-year-old man was thrown against a car windscreen when the driver failed to spot him and ploughed straight into the man as he was walking his dog Marchtrenk in the early morning […]
Police are investigating after a Hungarian woman was killed under mysterious circumstances on a main road near Vienna last night (Weds/Thurs).Officials announced today the 38-year-old rang the police at around 10pm after having being “thrown out” of a car by a man on the S2 northern motorway near the Lower Austrian town of Süßenbrunn.A traffic […]
A teen joyrider faces charges for driving an unregistered car on a motorway in Vorarlberg.The 16-year-old boy from Wolfurt was stopped by traffic policemen on the A14 Rhine Valley Motorway last night (Weds/Thurs) after he ignored the 130 kilometre per hour (kph) speed limit.Officers found that the licence plate of the vehicle, considered as being […]
Suicidal speeder stopped
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A Lower Austrian trying to kill himself by crashing his car was stopped by police after going at breakneck speed for dozens of kilometres up a busy motorway on Tuesday.Authorities announced today (Fri) the 44-year-old man was tracked down driving his Audi sports car at dense traffic on the A9 Pyhrn motorway after several horrified […]