A pair of teenage lovers have suffocated after leaving the engine running during a late-night sex session in the back of their car.
Austrian couple Reinhard Wallecker, 18, and Stefanie Tanzer, 17, reportedly snuck into the garage at the young man's family home to find some privacy from his parents.
But with temperatures reaching a freezing -15 degrees, the teenage lovers are believed to have started the engine of his Mazda 323 in order to turn on the heater.
They weren't discovered until the following morning when Stefanie's concerned father broke into the garage after his daughter failed to return home.
Both were dead from carbon-monoxide poisoning.
Stefanie's father and paramedics failed in their efforts to revive the teen couple.
"It is just so tragic. Everyone here knew how in love they were," the Daily Mail reported a neighbour as saying.
"They were always being seen around town kissing and cuddling.
"No one can believe this has happened."
A similar incident occured at a German ski resort last year.
A 21-year-old Austrian waitress was found dead in the arms of a work colleague parked at the hotel where they both worked.
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