On Friday (August 12), a 79-year-old was hit by a car in Weilheim.
Police have now announced that the woman has died.
Update from August 15, 10 a.m.:
Sad addendum to the traffic accident that occurred on Friday (August 12) in Pütrichstrasse in Weilheim: The 79-year-old pedestrian who was hit by an 87-year-old driver on the B2 in the morning died of her injuries.
As reported by the Weilheim police, the woman died on Saturday night in the Murnau accident clinic.
Original message from Friday, August 12:
Weilheim – A 79-year-old woman from Weilheim suffered serious injuries when she was hit by an 87-year-old's car on the B 2 in Weilheim on Friday at around 10.50 a.m.
As reported by the police, the woman wanted to cross the busy Pütrichstraße at the level of the Agip petrol station.
According to the police, it is still unclear why she did not use the traffic island a few meters to the south.
An 87-year-old from Tutzing, who was traveling north in his car, noticed the pedestrian too late and, according to the report, hit her frontally on the left with the car.
The 79-year-old was then taken to the Murnau accident clinic by rescue helicopter.
The 87-year-old was unharmed, the car suffered damage estimated at 5,000 euros.
Appraisal requested
An accident analysis report was ordered by the public prosecutor's office in Munich II, and the car and the walker were seized.
For the duration of the accident investigation, traffic at the scene of the accident was diverted by the Weilheim road maintenance department until around 4:30 p.m.
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