As of: February 27, 2024, 6:58 p.m
By: Josef Ametsbichler
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Road bike accident Egmating Peter Laupheimer © Private
Bicycle against car: A seriously injured racing cyclist contradicts the first police report.
His GPS speedometer could give the Egmating case a new twist.
Egmating
– Suddenly there is a shock, then it becomes dark.
When Peter Laupheimer comes to again and opens his eyes, he looks into the face of the emergency doctor who is leaning over him.
Then the helicopter flies him to the Harlaching clinic, diagnosis: massive concussion, he can hardly think straight for days.
This is how the 65-year-old from Tuntenhausen describes the aftermath of his racing bike accident in Egmating in mid-February.
And he has a lot more to say about it, because from his point of view, the police report, on which the Ebersberger Zeitung's initial report from Monday, February 19th, is based, does not contain all the facts.
GPS evaluation: The racing cyclist was driving in the 30 zone - the car is said to have hit him from behind
“Normally the accident shouldn’t have happened at all,” he says.
Contrary to what was stated in the police report from the day after the accident, he did not ride his racing bike on the red sidewalk, but on the street.
The on-board computer recorded 39.1 kilometers per hour immediately before the crash.
The speed limit on Jägerweg is 30. “Actually, I was going a little too fast,” says Laupheimer about how he couldn’t explain how a driver was able to hit him from behind – that’s how it must have happened, he says, looking at her Approach marks on his bike and the data from his GPS speedometer.
He didn't even see the car coming.
The official interpretation is initially different.
View of the accident site in the direction of travel of the car and cyclist, summer shot.
© Google maps
Police report from Ebersberg is based on the statement of the driver (75)
The day after the accident, the police wrote: "According to the current state of the investigation, the 65-year-old racing cyclist from the Rosenheim district initially rode his bike on the footpath and immediately switched to the road at the end of this footpath." The 75-year-old driver was on his left I couldn't avoid it anymore.
The investigation into the accident reconstruction has not yet been completed.
The Upper Bavaria North police headquarters in Ingolstadt, which is responsible for the Ebersberg district, explains how the matter will continue.
Especially with regard to the wording “according to the current status of the investigation”: The press report was therefore only based on the information provided by the driver.
Peter Laupheimer was in the clinic unable to be interviewed.
Ends abruptly: the GPS evaluation of the racing bike speedometer.
Laupheimer/strava © private/Strava
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“The situation is now different,” said the presidential spokesman.
There are both clues that support the driver's version and those that make Laupheimer's version seem plausible.
“It's all still in flux, both versions are possible.” Further interviews and forensics are still pending in the matter.
The accident site will be surveyed again.
The public prosecutor's office should clarify the question of guilt - the cyclist wants to bring in an expert if necessary
The police spokesman makes no statement on the question of guilt.
It would be up to the public prosecutor to decide later.
Peter Laupheimer emphasizes: “The sidewalk is full of grit, unrounded pavement – and bushes hang in the footpath.” As a cyclist, he has no business being there, not this time and not the other countless times he has ridden the route.
(By the way: Everything from the region is now also available in our regular Ebersberg newsletter.)
Laupheimer said he avoided the sidewalk because of the split.
© private
He was on the board of a cycling club in the Rosenheim district for over 20 years and cycled 8,000 kilometers a year, including non-stop trips to Lake Garda.
This can only be done with careful driving behavior.
“The driver shot me like a rocket,” he is convinced.
After an accident in Egmating: cyclist grateful for his helmet
It's not just anger and jealousy that resonate when the 65-year-old talks about the accident in Egmating.
He is determined to prove his innocence, if necessary with experts who he will pre-finance at his own expense.
But there is also gratitude.
He fell headfirst into the picket fence, with some areas of his skin “like nailed” by the road gravel.
Laupheimer says: “My helmet saved me.
Without him we wouldn’t be having any discussions today.”
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