Mercurial Austrian rightist dead in car crash (AP)


Written on October 11, 2008 – 8:38 pm | by

In this Aug. 14, 2008 file picture, the Governor of the Austrian province of Carinthia, Joerg Haider arrives for a news conference in Vienna, Austria. Haider, whose far-right rhetoric led to international isolation for Austria during his time in government, died in a car accident Saturday Oct. 11, 2008, when his car veered off the road near the city of Klagenfurt and overturned. He was 58. (AP Photo/Hans Punz)AP - Joerg Haider, who catapulted his rightist anti-immigration party into a powerful force with sharp attacks on rivals and provocative praise of the Nazi era, died Saturday in a car accident. He was 58.


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