Rapid escape on the A23: wrong-way driver endangers lives!

Rapid escape on the A23: wrong-way driver endangers lives!

A dramatic pursuit maneuver occurred on the Vienna Südosttangente (A23) when a 24-year-old driver tried to escape the stop signs of a police patrol. The vehicle was smoking heavily and was already attracting the attention of officers wien.orf.at reported. Instead of stopping, the driver accelerated and drove the wrong way down the driveway, endangering other road users. Pilots in the Favoriten distribution circle were forced to take evasive action, which led to an accident that fortunately only resulted in property damage.

Speeder and his helpless passengers

The situation escalated further when the driver finally parked the vehicle on Grenzackerstrasse and identified his 22-year-old passenger as the driver, although several witnesses were able to confirm that he was the one behind the wheel. In this particular escape, she stated that she had driven the vehicle, but her own story weighed on her as she had long been faced with outstanding administrative fines in the high four-digit euro range. Loud puls24.at The actual driver was only identified later and is now facing several charges of intentionally endangering the public and traffic violations.

In a separate incident on the A23, a 21-year-old man and two passengers were on the run from police. After a dangerous maneuver in which he drove in the oncoming lane and thus seriously endangered other road users, the driver was ultimately temporarily arrested. The civil patrol officers used a targeted maneuver to put him out of action, causing both vehicles to suffer damage. The driver is now suspected of intentionally endangering public safety and resisting state authority, police spokesman Philipp Haßlinger reported.