Violent argument – attack after parking damage: driver arrested

The witness (23) of a night-time ‘parking crash escape’ in Favoriten paid for his courage when an aggressive Syrian driver (26) recklessly hit him with the car.

I wanted to confront him
Specifically, the Austrian stood in front of the driver’s car around 10:30 PM to confront him. The Syrian then got out. A heated discussion ensued. Eventually, the driver got back behind the wheel and struck the witness as he drove away. He alerted the police via his mobile phone.

While officers were questioning the injured man, the car driver suddenly reappeared at the scene of the accident. “He was temporarily arrested on suspicion of deliberately causing serious bodily harm and subsequently reported,” said Julia Schick, press spokeswoman for the Vienna police.

ÖAMTC warns
The ÖAMTC urgently warns against not reporting parking damage or reporting it too late. “If you cause damage while parking or leaving a parking space and the driver of the damaged vehicle is not there, the parking damage must be reported without undue delay to the nearest police station,” says Nikolaus Authried, head of legal advice for motorists . club.

There is not enough message behind the windshield wipers
Placing a message behind the windshield wiper of the damaged vehicle is not sufficient. This can only be done as a supplement to the police report. Anyone who fails to report an accident to the nearest police station can be issued up to three administrative fines in one fell swoop. And: This also applies if the accident is reported to the police too late. “In total, a few hundred euros are often collected through administrative fines,” says Mag.