https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Austria in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A woman had a miraculous escape at the weekend after she was struck by a plane while paragliding in the Austrian Alps. https://www.thelocal.at/20260525/austrian-paraglider-survives-after-being-hit-by-plane-mid-air-in-the-alps Mon, 25 May 2026 16:49:23 +0200 austrian-paraglider-survives-after-being-hit-by-plane-mid-air-in-the-alps Two Swiss and two Austrian nationals were killed on Saturday when their small plane crashed in the Swiss Alps, police said https://www.thelocal.at/20200726/four-die-in-plane-crash-in-swiss-alps-2 Sun, 26 Jul 2020 13:02:36 +0200 four-die-in-plane-crash-in-swiss-alps-2 Emergency workers in Austria were called out to remove an estimated 7,000 chickens which were blocking a busy motorway on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.at/20170704/austrian-emergency-services-chase-thousands-of-chickens-blocking-motorway Tue, 04 Jul 2017 13:30:25 +0200 austrian-emergency-services-chase-thousands-of-chickens-blocking-motorway According to media reports, three foreigners, including two Austrians, were killed in the plane crash in Pakistan on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.at/20161207/two-austrians-dead-in-pakistan-plane-crash Thu, 08 Dec 2016 00:13:43 +0100 two-austrians-dead-in-pakistan-plane-crash One person has died and seven others are seriously injured after a horrific road accident on the Westautobahn (A1) in Lower Austria. https://www.thelocal.at/20160923/horror-crash-on-austrias-westautobahn-kills-one Fri, 23 Sep 2016 11:35:21 +0200 horror-crash-on-austrias-westautobahn-kills-one Austrian Red Bull race pilot Hannes Arch has reportedly died in a helicopter crash in the Austrian Alps, in the Grossglockner mountain area. https://www.thelocal.at/20160909/red-bull-race-pilot-dies-in-mystery-helicopter-crash Fri, 09 Sep 2016 11:25:00 +0200 red-bull-race-pilot-dies-in-mystery-helicopter-crash A fireman called out to a fatal car crash in Austria tragically discovered that his own son was among those killed after the vehicle overturned several times while the group were on their way to a party. https://www.thelocal.at/20160725/austrian-fireman-tragically-discovers-sons-death-on-call-out Mon, 25 Jul 2016 14:01:51 +0200 austrian-fireman-tragically-discovers-sons-death-on-call-out Forty-six Italians have been injured in a bus crash on the A2 motorway just south of Vienna yesterday afternoon. https://www.thelocal.at/20160622/42-injured-in-bus-crash-in-austria Wed, 22 Jun 2016 12:09:14 +0200 42-injured-in-bus-crash-in-austria The driver of a bus which crashed on Sunday killing 13 Erasmus students and injuring dozens more will be questioned by a judge on Monday. A total of thirteen students, all women enrolled on the Erasmus student exchange programme, were killed and dozens more injured in Spain on Sunday when the driver of their coach lost control and crashed into an oncoming car as they returned from a festival. https://www.thelocal.at/20160321/austrian-girl-dies-with-12-others-in-bus-crash Mon, 21 Mar 2016 10:45:58 +0100 austrian-girl-dies-with-12-others-in-bus-crash A driver in Austria had a lucky escape after he was almost impaled on a pole that smashed through his windscreen and stopped within inches of his head. https://www.thelocal.at/20160315/pole-comes-within-inches-of-drivers-head-in-austria-vienna Tue, 15 Mar 2016 12:25:14 +0100 pole-comes-within-inches-of-drivers-head-in-austria-vienna An Austrian engineer was left with serious injuries after he sat on a machine used to test car crashes and told a colleague to turn it on. https://www.thelocal.at/20160302/austrian-injured-after-trying-out-car-crash-test-machine Wed, 02 Mar 2016 14:31:04 +0100 austrian-injured-after-trying-out-car-crash-test-machine Austrian ski jumper Lukas Müller has been left partially paralysed after a violent crash during a test ski flying run on Wednesday on the Kulm hill in Styria. https://www.thelocal.at/20160115/austrian-ski-jumper-partially-paralysed-after-crash Fri, 15 Jan 2016 17:46:38 +0100 austrian-ski-jumper-partially-paralysed-after-crash A 45-year-old man lost control of his car, and crashed into an oncoming vehicle driven by a teenager. Fortunately, no one was seriously injured, but both cars were demolished. https://www.thelocal.at/20151228/guardian-angels-work-overtime-in-car-crash Mon, 28 Dec 2015 10:38:12 +0100 guardian-angels-work-overtime-in-car-crash A tram jumped its tracks at the intersection of Erzherzog-Karl-Straße and Wagramer Straße on Sunday morning around 7:30 a.m. https://www.thelocal.at/20151220/tram-jumps-tracks-in-collision Sun, 20 Dec 2015 19:03:55 +0100 tram-jumps-tracks-in-collision A 20-year-old man died after taking part in an illegal car race on the Gaudenzdorfer Gürtel in Meidling, Vienna on Sunday night. https://www.thelocal.at/20151124/one-dead-after-illegal-car-race Tue, 24 Nov 2015 12:23:18 +0100 one-dead-after-illegal-car-race Slovenian alpine skier and coach Drago Grubelnik has died after the car he was in swerved off a mountain road and rolled down a steep hill in the ski resort of Sölden in Tyrol. https://www.thelocal.at/20151118/olympic-skier-grubelnik-dies-in-car-crash-in-austria Wed, 18 Nov 2015 12:42:55 +0100 olympic-skier-grubelnik-dies-in-car-crash-in-austria Serious road accidents in Austria are significantly more likely to take place on a Friday than any other day of the week, according to Statistik Austria. https://www.thelocal.at/20151113/road-accidents-austria-more-likely-on-fridays Fri, 13 Nov 2015 11:45:06 +0100 road-accidents-austria-more-likely-on-fridays A tour bus apparently full of passengers from Ukraine had a serious accident in the early hours of Monday morning, according to a report in the Kurier newspaper. https://www.thelocal.at/20151102/s1-bus-crash-leaves-several-injured Mon, 02 Nov 2015 08:51:20 +0100 s1-bus-crash-leaves-several-injured An Australian tourist has died after being hit by a bus in Vienna after allegedly looking the wrong way down the road, police say. https://www.thelocal.at/20150831/australian-dies-after-hit-by-bus-in-vienna Mon, 31 Aug 2015 11:07:40 +0200 australian-dies-after-hit-by-bus-in-vienna An Austrian pilot performing stunts at an air show in Carinthia has died after losing control of his aeroplane and crashing in front of spectators. https://www.thelocal.at/20150831/pilot-dies-in-air-show-crash-in-austria Mon, 31 Aug 2015 10:01:57 +0200 pilot-dies-in-air-show-crash-in-austria