Serious traffic accident on Tuesday in Geretsried: A BMW driver overlooked a delivery truck when turning.
Its driver, a 23-year-old Lenggrieser, was seriously injured.
Geretsried -
A serious traffic accident occurred in Geretsried late Tuesday afternoon.
A Geretsrieder (24) with his BMW and a Lenggrieser (23) with a delivery van were involved.
The latter suffered serious injuries.
According to the police, the BMW driver wanted to turn left from Jeschkenstrasse onto Staatsstrasse 2369 in the direction of B11.
He overlooked the Lenggrieser's delivery van coming from the left, and there was a collision.
As a result, the van came off the road and overturned.
The vehicle hit several bushes and trees, skidded back onto the road and came to a stop a good 60 meters further on the road.
The Lenggrieser was seriously injured, but not life-threatening, according to the police.
He was taken to a nearby hospital.
The BMW driver suffered a shock.
A preliminary investigation was initiated against him for negligent bodily harm.
The scene of the accident was illuminated by the Geretsried volunteer fire brigade, and the road was completely closed during the recording of the accident.
The amount of the property damage is estimated at several 10,000 euros.
(sas)