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Squalls bring oak down: man in car killed by tree

2020-10-22T08:07:14.913Z


Due to strong squalls, an oak tree on the B11 in Kochel am See fell over and buried a car. The driver (58) had no chance.


Due to strong squalls, an oak tree on the B11 in Kochel am See fell over and buried a car.

The driver (58) had no chance.

  • Fatal accident on the B11 near Kochel am See.

  • The federal highway was completely closed for several hours.

  • A foehn storm had raged in the region since night.

Kochel am See

- A gruesome coincidence cost a man from the southern district his

life

early on Wednesday morning (October 21)

.

He was

killed

by a falling

tree

in his white

Mitsubishi

.

As the Kochler police chief Steffen Wiedemann announced, the

58-year-old

drove

around 5.30 a.m. on the

federal road 11

in the direction of

Kesselberg.

In the small wooded area just before the

Franz Marc Museum

, a mighty

oak tree

could no longer

withstand

the

foehn storm

: It broke, fell from the left across the road and crashed into the moving

small car.

The driver, a 58-year-old man from the southern district, had

no chance

: he died as a result of his serious

injuries

.

According to Wiedemann, there was hardly any other car on the road at this early hour.

"He had

crazy bad luck.

"

Fatal accident in Kochel am See: man killed by a tree in the car

The first road user to pass the scene of the accident alerted the

rescue workers

.

The volunteer fire brigade in

Kochel am See received

the

emergency call

at 5:36 a.m.

According to commander Hubert Resenberger, 15 emergency services drove to the

scene.

According to Resenberger, however, it quickly became clear: "Unfortunately, we cannot help the man." The

volunteers

set up a local diversion and helped with the recovery of the

body.

  A timber truck that happened to come to the

scene of

the

accident

lent the

fire department

its

crane

, which was used to lift the tree from the car.

Tree meets car: man dies - "insane bad luck"

In addition to the Kochel fire brigade, the rescue service and several employees of the road maintenance department as well as police officers from Kochel and Bad Tölz were on duty.

According to the Kochler police chief Steffen Wiedemann, Bundesstraße 11 was

closed

from the early hours of the morning

until 9.50 a.m.

After

consultation

with the public prosecutor's office, an expert was consulted

about the

scene of

the

accident

.

Since the night there has been a strong

foehn storm

in Kochel am See.

Until Wednesday night at 20 o'clock an official warning applies

squalls

.

According to the German Weather Service,

wind speeds

between 60 and 80 km / h must be expected.

In exposed locations above 1500 meters, wind speeds of up to 100 km / h occur.

The Kochel fire brigade has had

to move out

three times because of

fallen trees

.

According to the fire department commander Klaus Melf is in Walchensee.

According to him, the foehn storm is limited to Kochel am See and the Kesselberg.

Further news from Kochel and the surrounding area can be found here

Source: merkur

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