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Accident drama with seven dead: The polluter borrowed the car privately - the driver's puzzle finally solved

2023-04-08T10:16:14.627Z


In an accident in Thuringia, three cars crashed into each other, seven people died and three others were injured. The police are now sure who the accident driver is.


In an accident in Thuringia, three cars crashed into each other, seven people died and three others were injured.

The police are now sure who the accident driver is.

  • Significant influence of alcohol and no driver's license:

    who drove the accident car?

  • Horror crash with seven dead:

    the cause of the accident since 2007 without a driver's license

  • Devastating accident on a country road:

    Bad alcohol suspicion at the polluter

  • Seven dead in an accident in Thuringia:

    Five victims are said to have been only 19 years old

Update from April 6, 2:49 p.m .:

The Mühlhausen public prosecutor’s office has released new findings on the fatal accident near Bad Langensalza.

According to the deputy manager Ulf Walther, the suspect who caused the accident borrowed the car privately.

The owner could now be investigated.

Bad Langensalza: The suspect who caused the accident had borrowed a car

"Anyone who lends a vehicle can be liable to prosecution if he does not make sure that the person to whom the vehicle is lent also has a driver's license," said Walther.

It is a matter of checking whether there is an initial suspicion that "driving without a license is permitted".

At the moment, investigators are assuming that a critically injured 34-year-old man was driving the car, who was drunk and has not had a driver's license for years.

Its condition is unchanged, said Walther on Thursday afternoon.

Accident with seven dead near Bad Langensalza: service for mourners in Mühlhausen

Update from April 5, 9:45 p.m .:

The grief and sympathy for the seven victims of the traffic accident in Thuringia is great.

Several hundred people gathered in and in front of the Divi Blasii Church in Mühlhausen on Wednesday evening for an ecumenical prayer.

The Evangelical regional bishop Friedrich Kramer said that despair, anger, paralysis and speechlessness remained after the terrible accident.

"We feel the great emptiness, the great loss, but we stand together," he addressed words of comfort to the relatives and families in the full church.

Friends, first responders, firefighters and police officers also attended the service.

Young people lit a candle for each dead person and laid down stones.

After that, pastors were ready.

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Seven burning candles for the seven dead stand on the baptismal font in the Divi Blasii Church during the memorial service for the victims of a traffic accident that killed seven.

© Martin Schutt/dpa

Seven people die in an accident drama: driver's puzzle finally solved - belt track eliminates doubts

Update from April 5th, 3.40 p.m .:

In the accident with seven dead in Thuringia, the police are now sure who the accident driver is.

He steered the car into oncoming traffic.

It is said to be a 34-year-old who was critically injured in the accident, reports the German Press Agency and refers to Ulf Walther, the deputy head of the Mühlhausen public prosecutor's office.

The man was previously suspected to be a passenger and a 45-year-old man to be the driver.

According to the prosecutor, it is certain that both men were under the influence of alcohol and did not have a driver's license when the accident happened.

In order to clarify the exact circumstances, the investigators are still waiting for the result of an expert report.

This should also clarify why the two cars caught fire so quickly.

It is suspected that leaking petrol caught fire from flying sparks.

The investigations continue.

The police were able to gain unequivocal certainty as to who was driving the car through statements from first responders, the 45-year-old passenger and also through technical examinations.

For example, the 34-year-old had specific hematomas on his body caused by his seat belt in the accident.

This is reported by the

image

, citing the police.

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The investigations into the accident with seven dead in Thuringia are under way.

© Michael Reichel/dpa

Accident drama with seven dead: "Significant influence of alcohol" and no driver's license – but who drove?

Update from April 4th, 1:30 p.m .:

Previous investigations into the accident drama in Thuringia indicated that the suspected cause of the serious accident with seven deaths was under the influence of alcohol.

However, it is currently unclear who was actually behind the wheel of the car that caused the accident, said the deputy head of the Mühlhausen public prosecutor's office, Ulf Walther, of the

German Press Agency

on Tuesday.

Accordingly, the investigations were now also directed against a 34-year-old.

He was previously believed to be a passenger in the car.

It had previously been assumed that a 45-year-old was driving the accident car.

Both men are currently in the hospital with serious injuries.

Testimonies from first responders, the evaluation of traces and the statement of the 45-year-old now put the 34-year-old under suspicion.

"But the investigations are not yet complete," emphasized Walther.

The 34-year-old himself has not yet been questioned.

According to Walther, however, it is clear that both men were “under the considerable influence of alcohol” and neither of them had a driver’s license.

Accident drama with seven dead: Thuringia's interior minister calls for a 0.0 limit at the wheel

Update from April 3rd, 9:50 p.m .:

After the serious car accident with seven dead in Bad Langensalza, Thuringia’s Interior Minister Georg Maier calls for stricter rules for driving under the influence of alcohol.

Alcohol is always the cause of serious accidents.

"I am therefore in favor of lowering the blood alcohol limit to 0.0," said the SPD politician in an interview with the

Thüringer Allgemeine

on Monday .

Meanwhile, the German police union in Thuringia called for tougher action when driving without a license.

The alleged cause of the accident has not had a valid driver's license since 2007, as a police spokeswoman

for dpa

confirmed.

The police have not yet commented on whether the 45-year-old was actually drunk.

Horror crash with seven dead: the cause of the accident since 2007 without a driver's license

Update from April 3rd, 4:15 p.m .

: The man who is said to be responsible for the devastating crash with three cars on a country road in Thuringia, according to information from the

dpa

, probably does not have a valid driver's license.

As a police spokeswoman confirmed on Monday, the 45-year-old, who survived the accident on Saturday with serious injuries, had to give up his driver's license in 2007.

The police did not comment on the reasons why the man was no longer legally allowed to drive a vehicle.

No information has yet been given about his possible alcohol consumption.

After the accident drama in Thuringia: the police are investigating "because of a homicide"

Update from April 3rd, 12:26 p.m

.: Seven people died in a violent accident in Bad Langensalza (Thuringia) on Saturday.

The suspected cause of the accident now faces legal consequences.

"We are investigating suspected homicide in seven cases," said a police spokeswoman for the responsible department,

IPPEN.MEDIA

.

Update from April 3rd, 8:57 a.m

.: Two days after the devastating car accident in Bad Langensalza, Thuringia, the investigation continues.

Seven people died in the crash, one more person is still fighting for his life.

A firefighter who was involved in the operation at the scene of the accident described his impressions.

"We saw a picture that no one could put into words, a horror scenario," he said to

Bild.de:

"I've been in the fire truck for 25 years, had 5,000 calls, but this accident was the worst and worst for our blue light family most tragic ever."

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Two burned-out cars are at the scene of the accident near Bad Langensalza.

Seven people died in a serious traffic accident in northern Thuringia.

© Silvio Dietzel/dpa

According to the firefighter, two cars were on fire when the fire department arrived at the scene of the accident.

According to his own statement, the firefighter, like his colleagues, will need some time to process what he has seen.

If necessary, an emergency pastor can provide support.

Update from April 3rd, 6:21 a.m .

: On Monday, after the serious accident with seven dead in Bad Langensalza in Thuringia, there was initially no new information on the condition of the three seriously injured.

A police spokesman said on Monday morning.

According to information from Sunday, one of the seriously injured was in mortal danger.

Seven dead after a serious car accident: the crash driver does not have a driver's license - worse suspected alcohol

Update from April 2nd, 4:41 p.m .

: After the serious accident with seven dead near Bad Langensalza in Thuringia, investigations into the cause of the accident continue.

Now another detail has come to light: The 45-year-old driver who got into oncoming traffic on Saturday afternoon does not have a driver's license, as a police spokeswoman confirmed to Merkur.de from

IPPEN.MEDIA

.

It is also checked whether the driver had been drinking alcohol.

The police suspect this, a spokesman told the

picture

.

A blood test was ordered, the result of which is still pending.

In the accident, the 45-year-old driver's BMW collided with a Mercedes and a VW Caddy.

Seven people were fatally injured and three others seriously.

Both oncoming vehicles caught fire and burned out.

The five occupants of the Mercedes, three 19-year-old men and two 19-year-old women, the 60-year-old driver of the VW Caddy and a 44-year-old occupant of the BMW died in the accident.

The 73-year-old passenger in the VW Caddy was able to escape from the burning vehicle, but was seriously injured.

The BMW driver and his 34-year-old passenger were also taken to hospital with serious injuries.

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In a serious accident in Thuringia, seven people were fatally injured.

© Silvio Dietzel/dpa

Fatal accident shocks Thuringia: seven people die in a collision - apparently five teenagers dead

First report from April 2nd:

Bad Langensalza - It is a traffic drama that has probably never happened before: a traffic accident near Bad Langensalza in Thuringia claims seven lives.

An eighth person is in mortal danger.

An expert is on site on Sunday morning to shed light on the background to the dramatic accident.

A police spokeswoman said on Sunday morning that it was not possible to foresee when the cause or the exact course of the accident would be known.

Deadly drama in Thuringia: car crashes into oncoming traffic - 7 people die in a traffic accident

According to the police, three people were injured in the accident.

One of them is in mortal danger.

The condition of the injured was still unclear on Sunday morning.

No further information was initially given about the identity of the victims.

The accident happened late Saturday afternoon.

The three accident cars crashed into each other with great force in the west of the Free State.

The accident happened in a long curve of the B247, the road has one lane in each direction.

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A burnt-out car and another vehicle involved in an accident at the scene of the accident on the B247 near Bad Langensalza in Thuringia.

© Silvio Dietzel/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

According to initial findings, one of the cars had hit oncoming traffic for an initially unclear reason and crashed into the two oncoming vehicles.

Two of the cars burned out completely.

How violent the collision must have been could be read from the rubble: Two of the vehicles were destroyed beyond recognition - one of the charred wrecks lay across the guardrail, the other remained standing on the road with a shredded body.

The third car was overturned on the side of the road.

Fatal accident in Thuringia: fatalities are said to have been only 19 years old

As the

picture

wants to know, five of the seven fatalities are said to have been only 19 years old.

A BMW crashed into the young people's car head-on for reasons that are still unclear.

As the newspaper wants to know, the BMW driver is now being investigated for negligent homicide.

He survived the accident with serious injuries.

However, this was not officially confirmed by Sunday afternoon.

According to police, the bodies could only be recovered after the flames had been extinguished.

At times, residents in the vicinity were asked to keep windows and doors closed because of the toxic clouds of smoke.

Thuringia's Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow (left) was dismayed and wrote on Twitter: "I mourn the dead and feel for the relatives.

So much life wiped out in seconds.

The bewilderment remains.”

Interior Minister Georg Maier (SPD) thanked the assistants for their work under difficult conditions and spoke of images "that will have an impact for a long time to come".

He was deeply shocked, Maier told the "Bild" newspaper.

"My thoughts are with the seriously injured and the families of the dead."

A train accident occurred in Switzerland on Saturday.

Stormy weather caused two regional trains to derail.

At least 15 people were injured, one seriously.

List of rubrics: © Martin Schutt/dpa

Source: merkur

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