A 59-year-old ran into the opposite lane with his VW and collided with a truck.
Any help came too late for the driver and the truck driver suffered a shock.
Naila - In a traffic accident on Tuesday morning (May 25) between a car and a truck on the B173 federal road, the driver of the car died on site.
This was announced by the Upper Franconia police.
Fatal accident on the B173 in the Hof district: VW collides with a truck - the driver dies
At around 10.35 a.m., the driver (59) was on the B173 in the direction of Kronach.
At the junction with Frankenwaldstrasse, the 59-year-old came into the opposite lane with his car for reasons that are still unknown.
He hit an oncoming truck head-on.
The 59-year-old VW driver from the Hof district * died, the truck driver (48) suffered a shock and was taken to a hospital for medical care.
The police announced in a press release.
An expert is supposed to support the police officers from Naila in clarifying the cause of the accident.
The federal highway was closed for the duration of the accident and recovery of the vehicles.
There was property damage of around 40,000 euros, as the police finally announced.
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A VW collided with a truck.
The VW driver died.
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Fatal accident in Franconia: man collides with VW in oncoming traffic - the message from the police in full
"B173 / NAILA, LKR. COURT. In a traffic accident on Tuesday morning between a car and a truck on the B173 federal road, the driver died at the scene of the accident.
At around 10.35 a.m., the 59-year-old driver was on the B173 in the direction of Kronach. At the junction with Frankenwaldstrasse, the man came into the opposite lane with his vehicle for an unexplained cause and hit an oncoming truck head-on. The 59-year-old VW driver from the Hof district suffered fatal injuries in the collision. The 48-year-old truck driver suffered a shock and had to be transported to a hospital for medical treatment. A representative from the public prosecutor's office in Hof came to the site and asked for an expert to help the police from Naila clarify the cause of the accident. The federal road was closed for the duration of the traffic accident recording and recovery of the vehicles. Overall, there was property damage of around 40,000 euros. "
