Traffic accidents - Cab driver dies - collision with drunk wrong-way driver
A 67-year-old cab driver was killed in a head-on collision with a drunk driver on the Autobahn 7 near Giengen an der Brenz (Heidenheim district). According to the police, a 49-year-old man drove onto the highway against the direction of travel on Wednesday night with a self-propelled work machine, similar to the luggage transport trolleys at airports. The head-on collision occurred shortly afterwards.
The 67-year-old suffered such serious injuries that he died in hospital a short time later. The police tested the 49-year-old man responsible for the accident for more than 2 per mille alcohol on the spot. The man was taken to hospital with minor injuries. He is now being investigated for road traffic endangerment and negligent homicide.
Police statement
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- The tragic incident on the Autobahn 7 near Giengen an der Brenz in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, involved a traffic accident where a cab driver unfortunately lost his life following a head-on collision with a wrong-way driver under the influence of alcohol.
- Notably, the wrong-way driver, a 49-year-old individual, was operating a self-propelled work machine, reminiscent of luggage transport trolleys at airports.
- As per the police reports, the 49-year-old driver was found to possess more than 2 per mille alcohol in his system at the time of the collision, which resulted in the dire circumstances for the cab driver, resulting in his death in the hospital shortly after.
- The police and emergency services from the Baden-Württemberg region in Germany responded quickly to the traffic accident and subsequently extracted both drivers from the vehicles, transporting the 49-year-old with minor injuries to a nearby hospital, and sadly, airlifting the 67-year-old cab driver to the hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.
- In the aftermath of the traffic accident, local authorities launched an investigation into the incident, with the 49-year-old driver under suspicion for road traffic endangerment and negligent homicide, as a result of the fatal collision on the Autobahn 7 near Giengen an der Brenz.
Source: www.stern.de
