Austrian Politician Jörg Haider Killed In Phaeton Crash, Driving Twice Speed Limit

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Austrian Politician Jörg Haider Killed In Phaeton Crash, Driving Twice Speed Limit

Far-right politicians from Austria tend to get a lot of scrutiny from the rest of the world, for really obvious historical reasons, and Jörg Haider, long-time leader of Austria's nationalist Freedom Party, definitely made plenty of headlines. That's all over now, as the anti-immigrant Haider perished on Saturday when his 3-month-old VW Phaeton hit a concrete pillar in Klagenfort at 88 MPH, on a stretch of road with a 42 MPH speed limit. [Times of London]

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