Winter weather in Germany causes chaos: umpteen accidents – 19-year-old dies in a dramatic crash
Created: 01/21/2022 09:56
By: Marc Dimitriu
Brandenburg, Merzdorf: emergency services are working on an accident fire engine.
© Julian Stahle/TNN/dpa
In the night from Thursday to Friday, numerous accidents occurred on Germany's roads due to difficult weather conditions.
A 19-year-old even lost his life.
Berlin - The wintry weather has caused difficult conditions on Germany's roads.
Numerous accidents occurred.
The Autobahn 73 was completely closed for around two hours on Thursday after several slippery accidents between Eisfeld-Süd and Coburg.
Three accidents occurred here in quick succession, as a result of which the roadway could no longer be safely driven on because of the accident vehicles, debris and gravel, the police said in the evening.
Winter weather: police expect even more accidents - eventful night on German roads
With the rush hour, the police expected even more accidents. The German Weather Service (DWD) also warned of ice in the morning. Two trucks crashed in the evening in the Brandenburg district of Teltow-Fläming. The fire engine that was called to the rescue skidded and rolled over. According to initial information, three occupants were injured.
A truck accident on the A11 Berlin-Stettin caused hours of delays in both directions and around 120,000 euros in damage in Western Pomerania.
As a police spokeswoman said on Friday, the semitrailer skidded on the icy road on Thursday evening and broke through the central barrier.
The driver was not injured, but the tank was ruptured and fuel spilled out.
The autobahn was blocked in both directions between Schmölln and Penkun for hours to recover the accident vehicle.
92 accidents in Thuringia alone: A 19-year-old dies
On Thursday afternoon and evening there were a total of 15 accidents with two serious injuries in the Mecklenburg Lake District.
According to the police, most of the accidents were caused by "unadapted, too high speed on slippery winter roads".
The police in Thuringia reported a total of 92 traffic accidents with eleven injuries in the late afternoon hours alone.
A 19-year-old driver died near Paderborn when his car slipped onto the oncoming lane due to slippery conditions and collided with an oncoming car.
A two-year-old girl in the back seat of the other accident car suffered "severe injuries," police said.
Yesterday, a curious case on a country road caused astonishment.
Chickens that had escaped on the country road made even the police suspicious.
(dpa, afp)
