A Carinthian woman has given birth to monovular triplets, it has emerged.Doctors at the Klinikum Klagenfurt hospital said today (Weds) the overjoyed mum and her girls were doing fine after last Fridays birth. They stressed that the chances of give birth to single egg triplets was one in 200 million.A spokesman for the clinic said […]
Two people were injured when a compressed air tank exploded at a diving club in Vienna-Penzing yesterday (Tues).Authorities said today a divers right hand was shredded by the blast as he filled a compressed air tank with oxygen, adding that the man suffered serious injuries to his lower body as well.His eight-year-old grandson, who was […]
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 […]
A Vorarlberg man has admitted stealing thousands of Euros in coins from offertory boxes at churches in the province.The 26-year-old was caught red-handed at the St. Antonius chapel in Lustenau on Tuesday, police said today (Thurs).He admitted in police interviews having raided cash boxes in more than 170 churches in the province of Vorarlberg over […]
An escaped Boa constrictor keeping policeman busy for five days has been found behind the owners oven.Graz officials decided to assign dozens of police recruits to search for the dangerous snake after Klaus Löschnig reported it as missing on Sunday. Several reptile experts and volunteers got engaged in the search as well.The reptile enthusiast assumed […]
Hiker passes out after cramp
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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 […]
Two Indian citizens have been found hiding under the seats of the international Bucharest Vienna train by Romanian border police.The Romanian Times reports that the two men, aged 22 and 27, were discovered at the Romanian Hungarian border in Curtici in Romanias Arad county, where they told border guards they were heading for […]
A Tyrolean farmer died instantly when his tractor touched a high-power line today (Weds).Officials in Weer in the provinces Schwaz district said the man, 49, was spraying herbicides on weed in his fields when his tractors trailer got entangled with a 25 kilovolt (KV) line. The farmer died on the spot, they added.Dozens of households […]
Two Austrians have been reunited with their Mercedes limousines after experts located the stolen cars in the Czech Republic.Motorists association ÖAMTC said today (Weds) it informed Interpol after tracking down the expensive vehicles which were stolen in Vienna on Monday.Czech police, who confiscated the S-Class motors in capital Prague, have started investigating the crime in […]
Police had to call in the fire brigade yesterday (Tues) – to help find a kitten.Officers in Vienna-Favoriten were alerted by passersby who spotted the curious kitten climbing into the engine of a patrol car.But after rooting around under the bonnet, the six policemen were unable to find the cat and so called in fire […]