- Snow and black ice have led to many accidents in several regions of Germany, as reported by the German press agency.
- At least two people have been killed and numerous others injured since yesterday afternoon.
- In Schleswig-Holstein alone, the police recorded around 200 traffic accidents after snowfall. In the state in the very north of Germany, numerous trains were also canceled.
Because of the slippery roads in the north and south of Germany, many motorists have been involved in road accidents. At least two people have died since Thursday afternoon and many more were injured. In a majority of the cases, people got away with a shock and sheet metal damage.
Two dead
But there were also deaths. A 19-year-old driver died in a collision between two cars in the Mecklenburg Lake District. The driver of the other car was seriously injured. The two people involved in the accident had collided head-on in their vehicles in a bend on a slippery winter country road near Reinberg in the afternoon for reasons that have not yet been clarified.
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Rescue workers on duty in an accident near Stuttgart.
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In another serious traffic accident in the Lower Saxony district of Stade, a 15-year-old was killed in the afternoon. Presumably her father, who drove the car, lost control of the five-person vehicle due to the slippery road. It skidded, came off the road, hit a tree and threw off the road. The driver, his two children aged 4 and 8 and a 15-year-old boy were brought to clinics, some with serious injuries, according to the police.
Train travelers also affected
In addition, at least 190 traffic accidents were recorded after snowfall in Schleswig-Holstein alone. But not only car drivers were affected – train travelers also had to prepare for the winter weather in Schleswig-Holstein. In long-distance and regional traffic, for example, it caused train cancellations and delays. Deutsche Bahn is assuming that the train service will start operating on Friday without any hindrances, said a railway spokesman.
Further south in the Upper Palatinate in Bavaria it was also slippery. On the Autobahn 6 near Amberg, a total of 20 cars were involved in nine accidents over a section of about one kilometer. Six people were slightly injured and taken to hospitals.