One day after the accident that killed three people at a biker meeting in northern Brandenburg, the police had their first findings on the cause of the accident.
According to a spokesman, the two motorcycles involved drove towards each other on the concrete runway near Wittstock on Saturday at an unexplained speed.
There was a side contact and the serious accident.
The passenger was also fatally injured
A 46-year-old from Wittstock and a 47-year-old from Haldensleben, Saxony-Anhalt, crashed their machines and died.
A 35-year-old man from Norderstedt in Schleswig-Holstein was a passenger on the 47-year-old's machine.
He was also fatally injured, police said.
The incident happened on Saturday at the disused Alt Daber airfield near Wittstock.
About 50 motorcyclists from several federal states met there.
An expert should find out more.
After that, a decision will be made on how to proceed with the investigation, the police said.
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