Boozed-up school bus driver causes accident

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A school bus driver was found nearly four times over the drink and drive limit after an accident on Monday.Police in the Styrian district of Judenburg announced today (Weds) that the woman – who got away uninjured – needed counselling after the crash in which three children aged eight and nine were injured on Monday.The […]

Bull knocks down farmer

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A bull will be slaughtered after he put an elderly farmer into a clinic, officials in Vorderstoder said today (Weds).The animal knocked the 60-year-old man to the ground at his farm in the town in Upper Austria’s Kirchdorf district yesterday evening (Tues). The farmer’s son, 28, managed to get clear by leaping over a fence.The […]

‘Farmer Wants a Wife’ contender kills girlfriend

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A Lower Austrian farmer who was looking for a “woman to lean on” in a TV hit series is suspected of killing his girlfriend before committing suicide.Alfred Tippelreiter participated in the first series of “Bauer sucht Frau” on private channel ATV, the Austrian version of international real life TV success “Farmer Wants A Wife” in […]

Road roller driver drops down ravine

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A 26-year-old worker was airlifted to a hospital after he fell down a 50-metre embankment while operating a street roller yesterday afternoon (Mon).The man from Altenmarkt in Salzburg’s Pongau region came off the rural road at the roadwork site in Rennweg near Spittal an der Drau, Carinthia. He sustained life-threatening injuries when he dropped down […]

Coach cliff drama avoided in Carinthia

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More than a dozen passengers had a narrow escape when a coach was at risk of plunging down a descent and into a river yesterday (Mon).The 52-year-old driver of the vehicle came off the bendy mountain pass road in the Carinthian district of Spittal an der Drau for unclear reasons. He told the 13 passengers […]

Woman crashes after wheel hits car

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A woman suffered serious injuries when her car was hit by a wheel in a freak traffic incident on the A1 western motorway on Sunday evening.Police in Amstetten, Lower Austria, announced today (Tues) that the driver was airlifted to a hospital after fire fighters freed her from the wrecked car. They added that the car […]

Wheelchair-bound tourist injured in cliff fall

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A paraplegic woman is recovering after plunging down a steep embankment.The 60-year-old holidaymaker from Germany sustained multiple injuries when she fell down an eight-metre decent after one of her electric wheelchair’s wheels got stuck between tree roots on Sunday morning.Police in Unken, Salzburg, said today (Tues) the woman was rescued by a mountain rescue team […]

Thievish ‘prostitute’ nabbed in Spain after Austrian’s alert

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A woman has been arrested for trying to pinch an Austrian holidaymaker’s wallet.The 19-year-old man met the Nigerian in a bar on the Spanish tourism hotspot of Mallorca – and called the police when she attempted to steal his money.The would-be thief was arrested. Some newspapers report today (Tues) that she is a prostitute.

Dwarf police concerns as ministry considers amendment

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Opposition leaders fear that the Austrian police force could become a “squadron of midgets” as the interior ministry plans to scrap a minimum body height rule for applicants.A spokesman for the federal interior ministry – which is headed by Johanna Mikl-Leitner of the conservative People’s Party (ÖVP) – announced today (Tues) that the plan was […]

Paragliders crash on garage roof

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Two Germans were transferred to a clinic after a paragliding tandem flight attempt went wrong.The holidaymakers, aged 51 and 62, lost control of the glider a few minutes after taking off on a descent in a mountain range near Neustift, Tyrol, on Thursday. They fell onto the roof of a garage. The men were hospitalised […]