Snow chaos in Bavaria: numerous accidents on slippery roads - one region particularly affected

The first day of snow in Bavaria led to numerous accidents on the roads throughout the Free State.

The Upper Franconian district of Bamberg was hit particularly hard.

• In keeping with the beginning of winter, the weather * adapted to the season.

• In many parts of Bavaria there was a lot of snow.

• This led to slippery roads and numerous accidents.

Munich

- At the start of the calendar winter, it was

snowing intensely

all over

in the early morning hours

.

In many places this led to slippery roads and numerous

.

Especially in the Upper Franconian

crashed more often.

Two trucks collided

on the

.

Snow chaos and accidents in Bavaria: truck brushes against other trucks when overtaking

Already in the early morning hours there was

an

on the

in which two trucks were involved.

According to

, a 39-year-old wanted to overtake a colleague with his truck.

He brushed against the man in front.

The one overtaken - a 78-year-old - lost control of his vehicle and hit a bridge pillar.

The 39-year-old also skidded on the slippery road and stopped in the right-hand lane.

The

arrived later

had to free the 78-year-old from his cab.

Both drivers were rushed to

with minor injuries

.

At the level of the bridge, the central barrier was completely rolled down over a length of 30 meters.

There was

.

+

The truck crashed into the bridge wall while overtaking on a slippery road.

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But that was not the only accident in

that morning.

On the

alone,

twelve minor crashes occurred in connection with the snowfalls *.

This led to a major

in the region

, as

reported by

The main road had to be temporarily closed because several trucks could not negotiate an ascent on the slippery road.

A car then crashed into one of the stationary trucks.

In Central Franconia, 180 minor accidents occurred in one night due to the snowfall

As the press spokesman for the

, it crashed 180 times on Tuesday night.

Most of the time, property damage remained.

18 people were

slightly injured

in the

.

One of Bavaria's main arteries - the

- was also completely closed for some time due to the snowfall.

Several rescue workers were on duty

between

and

.

Miles of traffic jams formed.

In the

, the

counted

51 accidents between 5 a.m. and 12 p.m.

Here, too, it was mainly sheet metal damage.

Five people were slightly injured.

In the rest of the Free State it remained largely quiet.

But it can still snow into the evening.

When the temperatures drop again, the streets can be slippery again.

On Monday evening, two serious accidents occurred in the districts of Traunstein and Altötting.

In both cases a driver lost his life.

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