A serious accident occurred on the B23 at the Kolbentunnel in Oberammergau.
A truck overturned.
The trailer buried a car under it.
Accident on Tuesday (September 22nd) at the Kolbentunnel.
A truck trailer crashed into a car.
The cause of the accident is still unclear.
Oberammergau
- On Tuesday (September 22nd, 2020), around 5:50 p.m., a 70-year-old Lüdenscheider and his 61-year-old companion from Essen drove their car on
Bundesstraße 23
in the direction of
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
.
Shortly before the
Kolbentunnel
, a 22-year-old
professional driver
from
Neu-Ulm met them
from the B23 tunnel.
Hay was loaded
on his
saddle-train
.
For reasons that were still unexplained, the 22-year-old came
off the lane to the left in
his
motor vehicle
, drove up a short section of an
embankment
and finally overturned across the B23.
The
tractor
overturned
yourself here.
The
trailer crashed
into the oncoming car of the 70-year-old and came
to
rest
on its
side.
Accident at the piston tunnel: trailer tips over onto a car - three injured
First
responders
on site initially took care of the
three injured.
The two men were brought
to the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Clinic
by
ambulance
, the woman was
taken
to the
Murnau
Accident Clinic
by
rescue helicopter
.
While the two men were only slightly injured, the woman suffered
more severe injuries
.
However, there is no mortal danger.
The
total damage
is likely to move to the first estimate for the lower six figures, in which cars and semi-train
total loss
suffered.
It is not yet possible to state what damage has occurred to the roadway and road facilities.
The public prosecutor's office ordered an accident
analysis and a vehicle technical report
to clarify the course of the accident
.
Both vehicles were seized.
Serious accident on the B23: car buried under a trailer - woman seriously injured
The B23 was completely closed from around 6 p.m. - a
diversion route
was set up via the Oberammergau area.
In addition to various first aiders, the fire brigades Oberammergau (8 vehicles - 37 men), Garmisch (1 heavy-duty crane with crew), 3 ambulances (BRK / MKT) with an
emergency doctor
, the rescue helicopter from Reutte, and 5 patrol cars from GAP and Murnau were involved.
The road remained
completely closed
until the early hours of the morning
.
