Police stop driver after high-speed flight through several towns
Friday 6th November 2026 on 08:30 in
Austria
Police stopped a driver in Bregenz after he fled a traffic stop at high speed through several municipalities and onto the A14 motorway, ORF reported. The Bregenz city police are seeking witnesses.
The driver ignored a police order to stop shortly before 2.30am on Thursday and sped away, according to police. His route took him from Bregenz through Hard, Lauterach and Wolfurt before he was stopped back in Bregenz.
Police said the escape involved several dangerous situations. A person near a pedestrian crossing on Heldendankstrasse, by a Hofer supermarket, was put at risk by the driver’s actions.
The Bregenz city police are asking that person and anyone else who witnessed the incident or was directly endangered to contact them on +43 5574 410 1231.