Wolf runs over Munich with Mercedes: accident on the Europabücke

On the way to the Brenner Pass, a Munich driver spotted a large animal in the middle of the Europabrücke in Tyrol.

A little later it is clear: it is a wolf.

Munich - At around 1 a.m. on the Europabrücke south of Innsbruck: A 64-year-old from Munich drives his Mercedes in the direction of Brenner, the autobahn is empty, the speedometer shows 100 kilometers per hour.

Suddenly, in the dark, the headlights illuminate what he later says was a larger animal.

Münchner runs over Wolf on the motorway in the direction of Brenner: "Had no way to stop"

It is now clear: It was a big wolf that might have wanted to cross the bridge to the north.

"The car driver had no opportunity to stop in time," said the state police headquarters in Tyrol on Tuesday morning.

The car subsequently caught the predator with the front.

The surprised man from Munich stopped and looked for the animal.

He spotted it in the middle lane of the freeway.

It turned out to be a full-grown wolf.

The gender wasn't clear yesterday.

According to spokesman Maximilian Brandhuber, the state of Tyrol initiated genotyping in order to clarify the origin of the wolf.

Wolf dies on the Europabrücke: Was the animal involved in numerous cracks in Tyrol?

It is still unclear whether this is the animal that was most recently involved in numerous cracks in Tyrol: at the end of May, nine sheep were found dead in the Ötztal, and there were more sheep carcasses in the Wipp and Zillertal and in the Reutte district, the borders the Garmisch-Partenkirchen district *.

Because of the incidents, there is great unrest among farmers and alpine farmers in Tyrol.

The police regard the fatal collision as a wildlife accident.

The man from Munich was able to continue south despite the violent collision.

The Austrian motorway company Asfinag was responsible for removing the carcass.