A truck came off the road on a slippery road surface and overturned on its side.
Then he slid several meters down a hill.
Berchtesgaden - Heavy snowfall has led to a truck accident on the Reckensberg near Berchtesgaden.
A truck came off the roadway in difficult road conditions and slid several meters down a slope.
The rescue workers struggled to come to the aid of the driver.
Accident near Berchtesgaden: truck driver dies at the scene of the accident
On Thursday morning at around 9.15 a.m., a 56-year-old truck driver from the Traunstein district was driving on Reckensbergstrasse near Berchtesgaden *.
The police assume in their press release that the driver turned right off the road due to the heavy snowfall.
He drove up an embankment and the truck overturned.
Lying on its side, the truck slid several meters down the mountain, the police said.
The 56-year-old was injured so badly in the accident without outside involvement that he died at the scene of the accident.
In order to clarify the exact cause of the accident, the Traunstein public prosecutor ordered that an expert should prepare an "accident analysis and accident technical report".
The Berchtesgaden police station is responsible for investigating the course of the accident.
The truck was seized by the police.
A specialist company had to move in with heavy equipment to recover the truck.
Accident near Berchtesgaden: difficult operation for the rescue workers
The Reckensberg was closed by the fire brigade for several hours to record accidents.
A total of around 30 firefighters and two ambulances * including an emergency doctor were on duty.
But it was not easy for the helpers to come to the aid of the victim.
"Due to the slippery road surface, the emergency services could sometimes only reach the scene of the accident on foot," the police wrote in their report.
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