Hit-and-run after accident: 18-year-old drunk driving in St. Veit!

On the night of February 9, 2025, a spectacular incident occurred in St. Veit/Glan that made a courageous taxi driver a hero. Shortly after midnight, an 18-year-old test driver's license holder drove his vehicle into a taxi on Friesacher Strasse and then fled. The impact injured a 41-year-old passenger in the taxi, who later had to be taken to Klagenfurt Hospital. Fortunately, the driver of the getaway car was uninjured.

However, the fleeing car driver, a 19-year-old woman, was not so easily deterred. She probably did everything she could to stop the person who caused the accident and finally stopped him on the B317 federal highway, near Breitenstein. Their courageous actions meant that the police were able to intervene quickly. How kaernten.orf.at reported, an alcohol test was carried out on the 18-year-old, which was positive, after which his driver's license was temporarily taken away. Not only did the incident cause significant damage to both vehicles, but a complaint is also being prepared against the driver 5min.at.