A serious accident occupied the police in Nuremberg on Monday evening.
A car hit an employee of the motorway maintenance depot and fatally injured him.
Nuremberg / Altdorf
- On Monday evening (March 29), a serious traffic accident occurred at the Nuremberg * motorway junction in the direction of Würzburg.
A car caught a worker at the motorway maintenance depot, as stated in the press release from the Middle Franconia police force.
The 42-year-old worker died at the scene of the accident due to his serious injuries.
How it came to the tragic accident is the subject of the investigation.
The police are therefore looking for witnesses.
A9 / Nürnberg Autobahn junction: Detected by a car when crossing the lane
Two employees of the motorway maintenance department crossed the lane at around 5.30 p.m. as part of work in the area of the exit to the A9.
There a car caught one of the two men for an as yet unexplained cause.
The 42-year-old worker suffered such serious injuries in the accident that he died on the spot despite resuscitation measures being taken.
The 45-year-old driver of the car had to be treated by the ambulance service due to an accident shock and taken to a hospital.
The fatally injured man's colleague was also given pastoral care on site.
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A Ford Focus caught the 42-year-old employee crossing the lane.
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The accident was recorded by officers from the Feucht traffic police.
Rescue workers from the Altdorf Volunteer Fire Brigade and the Technical Relief Agency * (THW) supported the police in their work at the accident site.
"It is of course always a bit tragic when people who are employed here in the area of the autobahn are also seriously injured, are killed," a police spokesman at the scene of the accident told
News5
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“But it also shows once again that the autobahn is a highly dangerous working environment.” On the orders of the public prosecutor's office, the police involve an expert in the investigation of the accident.
He started work at the accident site that evening and is supposed to help the officers to reconstruct the accident.
The police seized the demolished car, a Ford Focus, in this context.
Closure of the lane after a traffic accident - huge traffic jam as far as Altdorf
The police blocked the A3 in the direction of Würzburg after the accident for the duration of the accident until around 8.30 p.m.
The closure resulted in a backwater that extended over the Altdorf motorway junction.
The vehicles that had come to a standstill immediately in front of the accident site could be guided past the accident site by the helpers while the accident was being recorded.
The Feucht traffic police were looking for more witnesses in order to be able to reconstruct the course of the accident.
Among other things, several previously unknown road users were involved in the first aid measures immediately after the accident and may also be able to provide information about the course of the accident.
Witnesses can contact the police on (09 12) 89 19 70.
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