The Local Austria 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 Pedestrians catch child after balcony fall A five-year-old girl from Innsbruck miraculously survived a ten-metre fall from a roof terrace with no serious injuries - thanks to two quick-thinking pedestrians who saw her hanging from the balcony shortly before she fell, and turned their jackets into an improvised trampoline with which to catch her. https://www.thelocal.at/20161121/austria-child-saved-from-deadly-fall-by-pedestrians Mon, 21 Nov 2016 12:28:20 +0100 austria-child-saved-from-deadly-fall-by-pedestrians Austrian survives 105 metre fall from bridge uninjured A 19-year-old woman has survived a 105-metre fall from the second highest bridge in Austria with only light injuries. https://www.thelocal.at/20160902/austrian-survives-105-metre-fall-from-bridge-uninjured Fri, 02 Sep 2016 10:56:58 +0200 austrian-survives-105-metre-fall-from-bridge-uninjured German hiker dies after falling 100 metres in Austrian Alps A German holidaymaker has died after falling more than 100 metres while hiking with his family in the Austrian Alps. https://www.thelocal.at/20160802/german-hiker-dies-after-falling-100-metres-in-austrian-alps Tue, 02 Aug 2016 12:27:55 +0200 german-hiker-dies-after-falling-100-metres-in-austrian-alps Falling drone 'almost kills' ski champ in Italy Austrian skier Marcel Hirscher was furious on Tuesday after a camera drone dropped from the sky mid-race, missing him by centimeters. https://www.thelocal.at/20151223/falling-drone-almost-kills-champion-skier Wed, 23 Dec 2015 11:12:31 +0100 falling-drone-almost-kills-champion-skier Swedish rockers avoid tragedy in bus fire According to a report on a music web site, the Swedish industrial rock band DEATHSTARS narrowly avoided a serious tragedy in the early hours of Saturday morning when the tour bus in which they were traveling caught fire in the Austrian alps. https://www.thelocal.at/20141025/swedish-rockers-avoid-tragedy-in-bus-fire Sun, 26 Oct 2014 00:52:00 +0200 swedish-rockers-avoid-tragedy-in-bus-fire Climber, 77, falls 80 metres to his death A 77-year-old German climber fell 80 metres to his death in an Alpine ravine on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.at/20140917/climber-77-falls-80-metres-to-his-death Wed, 17 Sep 2014 12:24:30 +0200 climber-77-falls-80-metres-to-his-death Toddler's window fall saved by bushes A two-year-old boy had a lucky escape when he fell around four metres from a window in Vienna’s Simmering district, escaping without serious injury. https://www.thelocal.at/20140912/toddlers-window-fall-saved-by-bushes Fri, 12 Sep 2014 15:52:54 +0200 toddlers-window-fall-saved-by-bushes German hiker seriously injured in mountain fall A 40-year-old German hiker who fell around 100 metres while hiking in steep terrain in Tyrol was taken to hospital with serious head injuries. https://www.thelocal.at/20140731/german-hiker-seriously-injured-in-mountain-fall Thu, 31 Jul 2014 11:30:37 +0200 german-hiker-seriously-injured-in-mountain-fall