However, anyone who intentionally causes accidents must pay for the damage out of their own pocket. In individual cases, a high blood alcohol level cannot change this, reports the Traffic Law Working Group of the German Lawyers’ Association (DAV). Drunk rioted and rammed the police car on the highway The case under discussion was about … Read more
The minister responsible for occupational safety, Ursula Nonnemacher (Greens), announced the figures during a company visit to Wustermark (Havelland). An accident at work must be reported if an insured person is killed in an accident or is injured so severely that they are unable to work for more than three days. Sectors affected to varying … Read more
Neu-Isenburg (dpa/lhe) – One person died in an accident on Autobahn 3 near Neu-Isenburg (Offenbach district) late on Sunday evening. The person wanted to cross the route after a rear-end collision between the Offenbacher Kreuz and the Frankfurt-Süd exit and was hit by a car and fatally injured, the police said on Monday morning. Due … Read more
Dresden (dpa/sn) – A tram jumped off the tracks in Dresden on Wednesday evening. The tram collided with a car on Jahnstrasse, as the Dresden police announced on Thursday. The train driver suffered a shock in the accident. No one was injured in the collision. Emergency services were able to get the tram back on … Read more
Freiburg (dpa/lsw) – A motorcyclist suffered life-threatening injuries in a fall on a country road in the Waldshut district. According to the police’s current knowledge, the 35-year-old fell on a curve between Bad Säckingen and Rippolingen on Friday afternoon for an unknown reason. The man slipped under a guardrail and fell a few meters down … Read more
Zell am Main (dpa / lby) – The accident involving a heavy transport truck led to a rescue operation with several special cranes near Würzburg. During the transport early Thursday morning, part of the 53-ton load slipped downwards, the police announced on Thursday. The entire lane of the state road in Zell am Main (Würzburg … Read more
Berlin (dpa/bb) – A driver in Berlin-Reinickendorf was drunk and drove too fast onto a sidewalk at a road closure. There he almost collided with a 38-year-old woman and her two- and six-year-old children, police said on Sunday. The 49-year-old then steered his car back onto the road on Saturday, drove over a construction site … Read more
Offenbach (dpa/lhe) – An 80-year-old woman with a walker was hit by a truck in Offenbach and killed. The truck had to stop on Friday afternoon because of slow traffic, the police said. The woman wanted to cross the street and was overlooked by the truck driver when he drove off. The 80-year-old was fatally … Read more
Mühlheim / Main (dpa / lhe) – Two dogs caused an accident in a horse-drawn carriage in Mühlheim (Offenbach district). When the dogs ran freely behind the team on a path near the Main on Wednesday, the ponies panicked, the police said on Thursday. Before that, the driver of the carriage overtook the woman with … Read more
Freiburg (dpa / lsw) – A 20-year-old jumped into a lake in Freiburg and did not appear again. According to the police, the young man jumped from a pontoon bridge into the water on Thursday afternoon and went under. Despite an immediate search by passers-by and a rescue operation by DLRG, fire brigade and rescue … Read more