Austria ( Muhammad Amir Saddique) After an accident on the A14 near Altach early on Friday morning, the 24-year-old driver tried to escape on foot on the autobahn.
The young man was drunk behind the wheel and also had no driver’s license. Since he said he wasn’t driving, the police searched for more people. Shortly before 4 a.m., the 24-year-old got too far to the left during an overtaking maneuver and hit the center rail. The car was thrown back onto the lane and stopped after about 50 meters. After the accident, the young man tried to escape on foot. He crossed the autobahn and ended up injured on the embankment next to the A14. He had to be taken to the Feldkirch State Hospital. An alcohol test carried out there was positive. The 24-year-old told the police that he was not behind the wheel. The emergency services searched the A14 with thermal imaging cameras, but no one could be found. A witness testified that the driver was sitting alone in the car. The A14 had to be closed to all traffic for around an hour in both directions.
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