A67: Fatal accident - Young woman loses control of her car and hits a tree

A fatal traffic accident occurred on the A67 near Rüsselsheim at night. Any help came too late for a young woman.

• 22-year-old woman dies in accident on the A67
• Car comes off the road near Rüsselsheim
• Then it hits a tree

Update from Wednesday, February 26th, 2020, 9:49 am: At the time of the tragic accident on the A67 near Rüsselsheim there was probably heavy rain. A spokesman for the police headquarters in South Hesse reports. On Tuesday evening (February 25, 2020), a 22-year-old woman with her Mini had strayed from the A67 lane and crashed into a tree. She was injured so badly that she died at the scene of the accident.

A67: Young woman dies on motorway exit near Rüsselsheim

Why the young woman lost control of her Mini is currently unclear. Witnesses only reported heavy rain and a wet road, the police said. The driver was traveling from Dreieck Rüsselsheim towards Mönchshof Dreieck. When she wanted to leave the motorway at the Rüsselsheim Ost exit, she was thrown out of the curve.

A young woman leaves the road on the A67 near Rüsselsheim when the road is wet with rain. She hits a tree with her car and dies at the scene of the accident.

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The Rüsselsheim Ost exit was closed for a good two hours. Traffic could continue to flow on the A67.

First message from Wednesday, February 26th, 2020, 07.18: Rüsselsheim - A 22-year-old driver died on the A67 motorway near Rüsselsheim (Groß-Gerau). The accident occurred on Tuesday, February 25th, 2020, at 11:13 p.m. According to the police, she came off the road in a right-hand bend and crashed into a tree.

A67: Woman (22) dies on impact with a tree near Rüsselsheim

The 22-year-old from Mainz was fatally injured in a tree impact near the A67 and died at the scene of the accident. As a result, the Rüsselsheim-Ost junction on the A67 had to be blocked for two hours. The cause of the accident was initially unknown.

Overall, the number of accidents in Germany is falling. In the first half of 2019, 1465 people died in accidents on German roads. That is 40 people or 2.7 percent less than in the first half of 2018.

A67: 22-year-old woman dies in a traffic accident near Rüsselsheim

In Hesse, 101 people died in accidents in the first half of 2019, 11 fewer than in the first half of 2018. In the first eleven months of 2019, a total of 211 people lost their lives on the road, three less than from January to November 2018 , as the State Statistical Office in Wiesbaden announced in mid-January.

According to the statisticians, there was also a decrease in traffic accidents with injuries and the number of casualties. In the first eleven months of the previous year, 18,817 personal injury accidents were registered. That was 5.5 percent less than from January to November in 2018. The number of casualties decreased by 5.2 percent to 24,907 people. These were the lowest values ​​in the past 30 years, said a spokesman for the state office.

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