An army sergant died when a boozed-up lorry driver ploughed into his vehicle in Carinthia this morning (Weds).The 49-year-old soldier from Rinkenberg in Carinthia was returning from a night-time military drill. He died shortly after the collision with the oncoming truck of severe injuries to his chest.The 43-year-old lorry driver from Griffen was found to […]
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Pedal mix-up sends down SUV
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A Styrian had a narrow escape after he mistook the gas pedal for the brake in a freak accident at a shopping centre car park in Liezen yesterday (Weds).The man sent his brand new BMW over a barrier, through a glass façade and down the multi-storey car parks light well. Fire-fighters used rope winches to […]
Acid leak shuts motorway
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A busy motorway was closed down for several hours this morning (Fri) after a lorry transporting a dangerous substance came off the road.The 54-year-old driver of the Hungarian truck carrying sulphuric acid was uninjured when the vehicle overturned and landed on the embankment at around 5.30am on the A4 eastern motorway. The man may fallen […]
A 28-year-old restaurant manager died when his car plunged down a 300-metre embankment in Salzburg on Tuesday, police in the province announced today (Thurs).The man was transporting foodstuffs to the eatery located on a mountain near Mauterndorf at an altitude of around 2,000 metres. Police investigations suggest that his vehicle slid down a steep ravine […]
Top tractor stolen from dealer
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Police in Carinthia are investigating after an expensive tractor was nicked from a agricultural vehicle dealers estate last week.Officials in the southern province announced today (Thurs) the new Fendt Vario model had been taken between from the open air showroom in Grafenstein near Klagenfurt on the 6th or 7th October.They added the tractor was worth […]
An elderly woman has died in a lake after her car was hit by another vehicle when she backed out of a parking space.Hallein police chief Paul Pirchner announced today (Fri) the woman failed to stop her VW Golf from ending up in the Wiestal reservoir after it was rammed by a 52-year-old male driver […]
Thieves collared after fuel blunder
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Bungling crooks were arrested after tapping the wrong kind of petrol from a parked car.The Slovakian pair aged 26 and 28 stole three satellite navigation systems, four tyres and licence plates from parked cars in northern Burgenland before heading towards the Austrian-Slovakian border on Monday.They drilled a hole into a parked cars sheathing […]
Teen takes dad’s car for 550-km ride
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A 13-year-old boy went on a 550-kilometre joyride in his stepfathers car, it has emerged.The teen from Wiener Neustadt, Lower Austria, took his stepfathers Skoda Fabia to drive all across the province with a pal, 16, before abandoning the vehicle in neighbouring Hungary after running out of fuel at the weekend.The 55-year-old owner told police […]
An elderly farmer was hospitalised after a hay bale smashed him against his tractor.The man, 64, suffered serious chest injuries as the 300-kilo bale suddenly rolled down from a stack knocking him against the vehicle in Pöndorf yesterday (Thurs).Police in the Upper Austrian district of Vöcklabruck said today the farmer was recovering at Salzburgs emergency […]
Battery powered BBC heads to Austria
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The BBC is to visit Austria in a battery-operated car as part of an online web-documentary.Producer Kevin Dawson, said: “The premise is simple – we want to look at the emergence of battery cars. We’ll investigate the technology, the infrastructure and political will behind the growth of the battery-vehicle culture.”By embarking on this ambitious journey […]