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Serious accident after microsleep: Large-scale operation for fire brigades from Otterfing and Holzkirchen on the A8

2020-12-16T11:29:03.970Z


An overtired van driver nodded off at the wheel on the A8 on Wednesday - with fatal consequences. A large number of rescue workers from Holzkirchen and Otterfing were on duty for hours after the serious accident.


An overtired van driver nodded off at the wheel on the A8 on Wednesday - with fatal consequences.

A large number of rescue workers from Holzkirchen and Otterfing were on duty for hours after the serious accident.

This is what the Holzkirchen autobahn police reported about the serious accident that involved volunteers from the Holzkirchen and Otterfing volunteer fire brigades in a large-scale operation for hours:

In the early hours of this Wednesday (December 16), an overtired driver caused a large-scale deployment of emergency services on the A8 in the direction of Munich.

The 57-year-old Italian was traveling north on the A8 on the A8 at about 4:20 a.m. when his vehicle drifted to the right of the lane as a result of a second's sleep and then crashed into the rear of a Polish articulated lorry.

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The van then overturned.

At this point in time, the tractor-trailer was illegally parked in an emergency bay.

The person who caused the accident, the driver of the van, was lucky in the accident.

Although it overturned his van after the collision with the semi-trailer, the Italian was able to get out of the van unharmed.

The driver of the parked articulated lorry was also uninjured in the accident.

An economic total loss occurred on the van.

The rear of the parked semi-trailer and its cargo - it had loaded several vehicles - was also badly damaged, so that the total amount of damage is estimated at around 100,000 euros.

The van was no longer ready to drive and therefore had to be towed away.

Criminal proceedings were initiated against the Italian who caused the accident because of the danger to road traffic as a result of physical defects.

Since he could not show a permanent residence in Germany, the public prosecutor ordered a security deposit to enforce the criminal proceedings.

A fine procedure was also initiated against the driver of the Polish articulated lorry that was illegally parked at the time of the accident.

In this specific case, the nationwide catalog of facts provides for a fine of EUR 105.

Violations of the 11th Bavarian Infection Protection Ordinance, which came into force on December 15, could not be detected on site.

To secure and clear the scene of the accident, both the Holzkirchen motorway maintenance depot and the Holzkirchen and Otterfing fire departments were on duty for several hours.

While the accident was being recorded, the hard shoulder and the right-hand lane at the level of the accident site had to be closed for about two hours.

Source: merkur

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