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Unoccupied car slides down slope and breaks through house wall

Friday 18th September 2026 on 13:30 in Austria

Piesendorf, road accidents, Salzburg

ORF reported that an unoccupied car slid about 70 metres down a slope in Piesendorf in Salzburg’s Pinzgau district on Friday morning and broke through the exterior wall of a residential building. No one was injured.

The incident happened at about 9 a.m. on Imbachhornweg. The reason the car began sliding remains unclear.

The Piesendorf volunteer fire brigade secured the scene and recovered the vehicle using a winch. Emergency crews then carried out safety and clean-up work.

Source 
(via ORF)