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Terrible accident with wrong-way drivers on A99: four people die in the night - police give details

2020-11-19T00:02:17.912Z


On Tuesday evening, a catastrophic accident occurred on the A99 near Hohenbrunn: Two cars collided head-on. All inmates died.


On Tuesday evening, a catastrophic accident occurred on the A99 near Hohenbrunn: Two cars collided head-on.

All inmates died.

Update, 9:14 a.m.:

According to a spokesman for the Upper Bavaria North Police Headquarters, the alleged wrong-way driver on the

A99

is a 32-year-old Romanian citizen.

Wrong driver accident on A99: Police give details of victims

His co-driver is a

50-year-old Romanian

, and the two victims in the Audi are a

34-year-old and a 42-year-old German

.

The course of the accident is completely unclear, especially where the Romanian driver drove onto the motorway.

Camera recordings must now be evaluated, an accident assessor has been called in.

The work for the police, rescuers and the fire brigade lasted until 3.45 a.m.

That is how long the road towards Salzburg was closed.

Serious accident on the A99 near Hohenbrunn: Bad work for rescuers

First report, Wednesday (November 18), 05:05 a.m .: Hohenbrunn / A99

- When the traffic service sent the wrong-way driver report, the accident had already happened.

The Hohenbrunn autobahn police received the wrong-way driver report at 9:39 p.m.

It referred to the A99 between the

Ottobrunn

and

Hohenbrunn

junctions

.

A few moments later, the police received reports of a serious accident near Hohenbrunn.

But any help came too late for the four inmates.

Serious accident on the A99 near Munich: Man drives a VW Touran in the wrong direction on the motorway

Immediately at the Hohenbrunn exit, there was a fatal head-on collision between an

Audi

and a

VW Sharan

in the middle lane

.

The occupants were trapped in the completely smashed wreckage and had to be

freed

by the

Haar

and

Grasbrunn

fire brigades

using hydraulic rescue equipment.

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The scene of the accident after the fatal accident on the A99 near Hohenbrunn.

© Thomas Gaulke

According to the first findings of the Hohenbrunn motorway police, a wrong-way driver had driven onto the A99 near Hohenbrunn and collided with an oncoming vehicle only a short time later.

Accident on A99: Major operation at night: Several helicopters and emergency doctors

Resuscitation

attempts

by

several emergency doctors

-

helicopters

were also on the move - and

ambulance crews

were unsuccessful.

The first aiders had to be

looked after

by

KIT

in the rescue bus of the

professional fire brigade

.

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The scene of the accident after the fatal accident on the A99 near Hohenbrunn.

© Thomas Gaulke

The A99 towards Salzburg was closed for several hours while the accident was recorded.

The opposite direction had also been blocked to ensure that no one involved wandered about in shock.

It could be released again after about an hour.

Four people died in the wrecks.

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The scene of the accident after the fatal accident on the A99 near Hohenbrunn.

© Thomas Gaulke

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Source: merkur

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