Speeding driver from Eferding loses driver's license after lightning measurement!

Speeding driver from Eferding loses driver's license after lightning measurement!

The Wels police had to deal with two explosive operations on Tuesday, February 2, 2024. First, around 2 p.m., while taking a laser measurement on the L531 state road, the officers noticed a car speeding along at a breakneck speed of 135 km/h - instead of the permitted 70 km/h. A 54-year-old woman from the Eferding district was behind the wheel and said she urgently needed to take her son to the train station in Wels. Nevertheless, the reference to the haste had no consequences: she lost her driver's license and was reported as such 5min.at reported.

Almost an hour later, at 3:30 p.m., police were called to another incident - this time about a shoplifting incident. A woman struck a store and fled into a black car. Thanks to a search that was launched immediately, the vehicle of the fleeing perpetrators was found near the Wels/West motorway entrance. Despite the request to stop, the two occupants, a 35-year-old woman from the Grieskirchen district and her 60-year-old father from Linz, continued driving towards Passau. The police were finally able to stop the duo shortly before Pichl near Wels. The officers found the stolen goods in the car and the 35-year-old was arrested. She is also accused of another theft from a garden center. Both deny the crimes nachrichten.at reported.