The truck wants to turn and captures a cyclist: the woman dies at the scene of the accident
Created: 2022-12-08 4:53 p.m
By: Tanja Kipke
The truck apparently hit the cyclist while turning.
© vifogra / Haubner
A serious accident claimed a life in Nuremberg on Thursday afternoon.
A truck driver wanted to turn into a property entrance and hit a cyclist.
Nuremberg – Any help came too late for a cyclist in the St. Peters district of Nuremberg.
As reported by the police in Central Franconia, there was a serious traffic accident on Regensburgerstrasse on Thursday afternoon (December 8th).
Fatal traffic accident in Nuremberg: woman dies after a collision with a truck
At around 2.40 p.m., a woman was on the Regensburger Straße cycle path in the direction of the city centre.
A truck driving in the same direction wanted to turn into a property entrance shortly after the intersection with Hainstraße.
"The cause of the collision has not yet been clarified," the police said.
The cyclist suffered such serious injuries that she died at the scene of the accident.
Any help came too late.
The Nuremberg traffic police recorded the traffic accident on the spot at the hour.
To clarify the exact cause of the accident, the public prosecutor's office in Nuremberg-Fürth ordered an expert.
After a fatal accident: Regensburger Straße is still closed
Regensburger Straße is currently (as of 4.45 p.m.) closed to traffic in the direction of the city center.
So far, the police have not given any information on the woman's age or origin.
(tkip)
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