On Saturday afternoon there was a terrible traffic accident on the Riedberg Pass route between Balderschwang and Oberstdorf in Germany, which is also very popular with Vorarlberg and Tyrolean bikers. A 95-year-old crashed a motorcycle in front of him, causing the 59-year-old driver to fall. The 59-year-old was also run over by the car.
The car driver partially rolled over the motorcycle and its driver and drove on at undiminished high speed, first brushing a crash barrier on the right side of the road and finally crashing head-on into a rock face about 300 meters after the original scene of the accident.
Handlebar pinched
The motorcyclist was seriously injured in the accident and was taken to hospital by the ambulance service. The car driver causing the accident was trapped in his vehicle and had to be freed from the wreck by the fire brigade. He was also seriously injured and taken to a hospital by rescue helicopter.
Both vehicles were total write-offs; the total property damage is estimated at well over 20,000 euros. The Riedbergpass was closed for about three hours due to the rescue operation and the accident recording. The 95-year-old will have to answer for various traffic violations; The German police are investigating the cause of the accident.