A converted Citroen was on the road in the Black Rain in the Bavarian Forest.
When the police ran out of power during the chase, the officers courageously took to the helm.
Viechtach - The layman is amazed, the specialist is amazed: A car. In the middle of the idyll. A car that floats. In the middle of the river. The eyes of the police officers must have been wide when they were called on Friday (July 31) to work on the Black Rain. A Dutch family sailed on a self-made amphibious vehicle through "Bavarian Canada", as the tranquil stretch of land in the Bavarian Forest is often called. The emergency services did not hesitate long. They delivered a movie-like chase with the car travelers going astray.
Around 1 p.m., the Viechtach police station received a call: Six people are chugging in a car between Viechtach and Höllensteinsee on the Schwarzen Regen.
At Pirka, a small village near the river, the strange report was confirmed.
The patrol sent past took up the chase.
But how - after all, was your company vehicle less suitable for water than the object of desire?
Floating car on the black rain: police row after the Dutch
The police borrowed a boat with an electric motor from a private person. The officers couldn't make a good deal of distance. They ran out of power. But people in the Bavarian Forest help themselves: A private person took the police along on a rowing boat without further ado. The rapid deployment group of the Viechtach water rescue service had meanwhile also set off. Shortly before the Höllensteinsee, the floating car could finally be overtaken.
The vehicle was a Citroen that was converted into a watercraft on our own - including an electric and gasoline outboard motor.
A 54-year-old vacationer * from the Netherlands * drove it.
His wife and four children were on board.
The family was stopped because the use of motorized boats on the Black Rain is forbidden for private individuals, according to the police.
The man promptly complied with the request to leave the river.
Nevertheless, he is now being investigated for several violations of water and shipping law.
Floating car in the black rain: two days after being reported back in the water
The boat driver with the floating car was in the region for a reason.
On Sunday, a European amphibious vehicle meeting made a stop in Vilshofen in the Passau district *.
The 150 participants of the six-day meeting launched their converted exotic species in the Danube - including the wrong-way driver from the Black Rain.
This time he was traveling legally.
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