Multiple Attempted Murder: 20-Year-Old Speedster Must Face Court in Wels

The victims include his passenger, the intervening police officers, and several other road users, as stated on Thursday in response to an APA inquiry at the Wels public prosecutor's office.

A plainclothes patrol had attempted to stop the Hungarian living in Linz because he had crossed a solid line. However, the man did not stop, but accelerated and fled. He raced through the foggy central region of Upper Austria at speeds of up to 250 km/h, ignored red lights, performed what the police described as "very dangerous overtaking maneuvers," sometimes using the emergency lane, and finally crashed at around 160 km/h into a roadblock made of several stationary cars. Not only the driver and his passenger, but also two police officers and another road user were partially seriously injured.

Prosecutor sees conditional intent to kill

Due to the manner of driving, the prosecutor assumes at least a conditional intent to kill in several cases. A video shows the wild ride of the 20-year-old. The accused admits that he was afraid that serious or even fatal accidents could happen, but he continued driving because he feared that he would not get his driver's license back, which had already been taken from him earlier, for an even longer time and that they might also take his car. The vehicle belongs to the 20-year-old, but it was not registered and he had taken the license plates from his mother's car.

Even during his arrest a few days after the incident, the 20-year-old engaged in a chase with the police, albeit on foot: When the officers arrived with an arrest warrant at his door, he fled over the balcony but was apprehended shortly thereafter and soon taken into custody. In addition to attempted murder in several cases, the man is also charged with document suppression and violations of the weapons law. A trial date has not yet been set.

(APA/Red)

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