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Linz: Mother Fled with Daughter in Car from Police

Als Grund für die waghalsige Flucht gab die 29-Jährige an, keinen gültigen Führerschein zu besitzen.
Als Grund für die waghalsige Flucht gab die 29-Jährige an, keinen gültigen Führerschein zu besitzen. ©APA/EVA MANHART (Symbolbild)
With her nine-year-old daughter in the car, a 29-year-old woman engaged in a wild car chase with the Linz police on the night of Sunday.

The woman sped through the city at up to 145 kilometers per hour, ramming a police roadblock and a courageous motorist. She damaged a total of five cars over a distance of five kilometers and committed "a multitude of traffic violations," as reported by the police.

It began with a routine check in Haid on the Linz city highway (A7) in the exit area of the Wiener Straße junction. The Iraqi driver fled via Wiener Straße towards Bulgariplatz, ignoring several red lights. She raced down Wankmüllerhofstraße at up to 145 km/h, and in Fichtenstraße, a police car and another motorist blocked the road, during which the woman rammed the police vehicle and another parked car.

The police handed the nine-year-old over to the father

The 29-year-old tried to prevent the officers from opening the car door and put up immense resistance. Only with the support of a special unit from the Rapid Intervention Group was the driver pulled from the car and arrested in front of the child's eyes. Due to her fierce resistance, one of the officers was injured in the hand. The police handed the nine-year-old over to the father. The 29-year-old stated that the reason for the reckless escape was that she did not have a valid driver's license. The Iraqi woman was taken to the police detention center.

(APA/Red)

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