Storm "Zoltan" - Accidents caused by fallen trees in the northeast of MV
Storm "Zoltan" caused numerous trees and objects to fall onto the road in the north and east of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. On Friday, the police reported three accidents caused by fallen trees in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district alone. There were no injuries.
On Thursday evening near Hinrichshagen, for example, a tree toppled onto the hood of a moving car. The 61-year-old driver was not injured. According to the police, a 20-year-old near Bandelin and a 21-year-old near Dargelin also escaped with a scare after their cars were unable to brake in front of fallen trees. According to the police, other trees were blown down by the wind near Dargelin.
In the Stralsund police's area of responsibility, 17 weather-related operations were counted, as the authority announced on Friday. On the island of Rügen between Dreschvittz and Gingst, a 40-year-old female driver crashed into a tree. She remained uninjured. In Marlow, a Christmas tree fell onto two parked cars, while in Ribnitz-Damgarten a bouncy castle was blown onto the road by the storm. There were no injuries there either.
According to the city of Greifswald, a large sheet of metal on the canopy of the Möwencenter shopping center was loosened by the storm and was removed by the fire department. A cover plate on a wall on a country road also came loose and had to be removed.
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- Despite the bad weather in Western Pomerania, specifically in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern's Northeast, many people still ventured out in their cars, leading to increased traffic.
- Despite the storm low "Zoltan" causing numerous accidents in the county of Vorpommern-Greifswald, including one near Strelasund where a tree fell on a car, thankfully there were no reported injuries.
- Those living in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district, including cities like Greifswald and Stralsund, were not immune to the effects of the storm, with fallen trees blocking roads and causing minor accidents.
- The police in the Northeast of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern reported a large increase in weather-related incidents, with 17 operations recorded in the Stralsund area alone.
- The severe weather conditions also caused damage to buildings, such as a large sheet of metal on the canopy of the Möwencenter shopping center in Greifswald, which had to be removed by the fire department.
- In addition to the fallen trees, other objects and debris, like a Christmas tree and a bouncy castle, were blown onto roads and cars in various parts of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Source: www.stern.de
