Unlicensed driver flees police and crashes into St Florian supermarket

A 33-year-old driver without a licence crashed into a supermarket entrance in St Florian on Thursday while fleeing police, ORF reported. No customers or staff were injured.

Police tried to stop the driver on the A1 motorway after a check showed the car’s registered owner had no driving licence. When he saw the patrol car’s flashing lights, he accelerated. He also drove past a second patrol at a high speed.

The driver left the motorway at Asten and continued towards St Florian, changing lanes at excessive speed and using the hard shoulder to overtake. Police later found his car in the supermarket entrance near a roundabout in St Florian, in the Linz-Land district.

The impact badly damaged the entrance, scattering glass and packaging across the floor. The driver suffered minor injuries and was taken to a police station in Enns after receiving first aid. Firefighters secured the damaged entrance and recovered the car.

A breath test was negative. The driver refused a drug test and will face several reports for traffic offences.