By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Austrian investigators say far-right politician Joerg Haider was speeding at more than twice the posted limit before the car crash in which he died.
Police reconstructing the accident in southern Austria say the speedometer in the wreckage of Haider's Volkswagen sedan was stuck at 142 kilometers per hour.
The speed limit on the stretch of road where he died was just 70 kph.
Investigators released their preliminary findings Sunday, a day after the 58-year-old governor of Carinthia province and leader of the rightist Alliance for the Future of Austria was killed.
Prosecutor Gottfried Kranz said the speed appeared to be the main factor in the deadly crash.
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