A stressful mission for the rescue workers.
They tried with all their might to save the victims.
But a man (43) and a nine-year-old boy could only be recovered dead.
Anklam - The cause of the accident is initially unclear.
Passers-by had immediately dialed the emergency number.
A car crashed into the Penne River.
Rescue workers were only able to rescue a 43-year-old man and a boy (9) dead from a gray Volvo C70.
Fatal ice accident: emergency services fight difficult circumstances on site
The tragic smoothness accident happened on Wednesday evening (January 13th) around 8:19 p.m. in Anklam in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
It was difficult for the fire brigade and divers to locate the crashed car in the five-meter-deep river.
The two inmates could only be recovered dead, according to the police.
The
Volvo had
drifted off the slippery road
in a left turn
, broke wooden bollards and fell into the river.
"
At the time of the accident there was heavy snowdrift, the roads were slippery in winter,
" said the police.
The further investigations into the cause of the accident would be investigated by the criminal police.
According to an eyewitness, the car was driving "at high speed".
The driver is said to have been the partner of the mother of the fatally injured boy.
The relatives and the rescue workers are given psychological support, it is said.
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Numerous ice accidents have already occurred on Wednesday night.
Motorways were temporarily closed for hours.
Even the winter service was affected.
An 18-year-old was killed in a serious accident.