On Thursday afternoon, a 59-year-old lost control of his motorcycle and crashed into a tractor-trailer.
He died of his injuries at the scene of the accident.
Neustadt an der Waldnaab - On Thursday (23 September) around 4 p.m., a motorcyclist was killed near Neustadt an der Waldnaab * in the district of the same name.
This is reported by the Upper Palatinate Police Headquarters *.
A 59-year-old from Tirschenreuth drove his motorcycle on the B15 from Neustadt to Tirschenreuth.
Shortly after the Baumgarten settlement, he lost control of his machine in a right turn, so that he got into the opposite lane.
He collided head-on with an oncoming tractor-trailer.
Before the rescue workers could reach the scene of the accident, he died of his serious injuries.
Accident on the B15 near Neustadt an der Waldnaab: the driver of the articulated lorry suffers shock
The 30-year-old who drove the truck suffered a shock but was not injured.
The investigation is currently ongoing to clarify the cause of the accident.
However, witnesses report that the motorcyclist was not too fast.
Because of the accident, the B15 was closed for several hours.
A total of 20 emergency services from the Wurz, Neuhaus and Windischeschenbach fire brigades were on site.
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