Fatal accident: Munich (24) sinks into a car in the Plansee - passenger saves himself with dramatic action

Terrible scenes at Plansee near the Bavarian border: In the night of Tuesday, a car crashed into the lake, a man (24) died.

• Monday night is a Munich (24) with his car on Tyrolean in the side Plansee overthrown.
• His passenger was able to get out of the sinking car .
• However, the 24-year-old drowned .

Reutte / Ettal - As the Austrian news agency Zoom.Tirol reports, the accident took place on Monday evening around 11.30 p.m. The 24-year-old, who comes from Munich  , was driving his car on Planseestrasse . He came from Reutte and drove towards the Ammerwald .

Car crashes in Plansee: driver was obviously too fast

In the car : an Austrian (18). In all likelihood, the 24-year-old drove too quickly into a left turn. He apparently lost control of his car , collided with the embankment, and eventually crashed into Lake Plansee .

Accident at Plansee in Tyrol: Bayer sinks into a car

The 18-year-old was able to free himself from the sinking vehicle via the open trunk . The Munich  sank with the car in the Plansee . 

Rescuers pull a man from Plansee and try to revive him - to no avail

The arriving rescue workers immediately recovered the car and freed the young man from it. The rescuers tried to resuscitate him. However, an emergency doctor could do was the death of the man's notice. He was drowned .

Emergency team, fire brigade and water rescue team on the lake in action

In addition to the emergency medical team , the Breitenwang fire brigade and water rescue team were also deployed.

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In the past, accidents have occurred on Plansee. After a dangerous mistake by a biker, his car sank into the mountain lake. The man was just able to save himself. A year earlier, any help came too late for a 17-year-old. She too was sitting in a car that sank into Lake Plansee. And many motorcyclists have already had an accident on the popular route along the Plansee.