Did the "wrong" driver come?

In a shopping frenzy? Driver crashes into market and flees

According to an eyewitness, a much younger driver than the one who reported the incident drove into the bottle return.

(Bild: Thomas Lenger/Monatsrevue)

Wild scenes unfolded early on Sunday morning in Pottendorf in the district of Baden (Lower Austria): An as yet unknown driver crashed into the entrance door of a food market after ramming into an e-charging station. The alleged driver later came forward. However, an eyewitness waved it off: "The driver was much younger!"

Emergency call to the police at around 3.30 a.m.: In Pottendorf, a driver had crashed head-on into the entrance door of the empties return of a food market. When the emergency services arrived at the scene, they found the wrecked Hyundai i30, but there was no trace of the driver.

E-charging station rammed
An eyewitness reported that a young man had driven at high speed from the B60 onto the supermarket parking lot. He first rammed an e-charging station before the car finally crashed head-on into the glass door of the bottle return. The driver is said to have immediately got out of the car and fled on foot.

According to an eyewitness, a much younger driver than the one who reported the incident drove into the bottle return.

(Bild: Thomas Lenger/Monatsrevue)

Did the "wrong driver" come forward?
During the recovery work and accident investigation by the emergency services, a man came to the scene of the accident who claimed to be the driver. However, a witness contradicted this statement: "The real driver was much younger," said the witness. The police investigation continued throughout the night. 

The Pottendorf fire department recovered the Hyundai with a crane and removed the spilled fuel.