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| Two Britons die in Austria mountain road car crash | Two Britons die in Austria mountain road car crash |
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| Two British men have died after their car fell 1,300ft (400m) off a mountain road in Austria, police have said. | Two British men have died after their car fell 1,300ft (400m) off a mountain road in Austria, police have said. |
| The men, aged 22 and 25, crashed off the Grossglockner High Alpine Road, Austria's highest mountain pass, on Friday morning. | The men, aged 22 and 25, crashed off the Grossglockner High Alpine Road, Austria's highest mountain pass, on Friday morning. |
| Witnesses told police the men may have been racing another car before they crashed through a guardrail and fell. | Witnesses told police the men may have been racing another car before they crashed through a guardrail and fell. |
| The Foreign Office confirmed the deaths and said it was ready to provide consular assistance to the families. | The Foreign Office confirmed the deaths and said it was ready to provide consular assistance to the families. |
| Police in Salzburg said the men, who have not been named, had been taking part in a car rally from Brussels to Budapest when they crashed their Seat Leon near the mountain village of Fusch. | Police in Salzburg said the men, who have not been named, had been taking part in a car rally from Brussels to Budapest when they crashed their Seat Leon near the mountain village of Fusch. |
| The 22-year-old driver, from the south east of England, lost control of the car while driving about 8,000ft (2,400m) above sea level, police said. | |
| They were pronounced dead at the scene. | They were pronounced dead at the scene. |
| A search was launched for the second vehicle, a Porsche, but the 42-year-old British driver contacted police voluntarily. | A search was launched for the second vehicle, a Porsche, but the 42-year-old British driver contacted police voluntarily. |
| He told officers he had been taking part in the same event and was staying in the same hotel. | He told officers he had been taking part in the same event and was staying in the same hotel. |
| When he did not find the pair's car at an agreed meeting point and was unable to contact them by phone he returned to their hotel and contacted the event's organisers, police said. | When he did not find the pair's car at an agreed meeting point and was unable to contact them by phone he returned to their hotel and contacted the event's organisers, police said. |
| The Grossglockner High Alpine Road is a tourist attraction that leads to Austria's highest mountain, Grossglockner. | |
| Are you in the area? If you have any information you wish to share with the BBC, you can email: haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk | Are you in the area? If you have any information you wish to share with the BBC, you can email: haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk |