A child narrowly escaped a serious tram accident on his bicycle
After a traffic accident with a tram, the light rail service in Freiburg is interrupted on line 1. According to initial information from Freiburger Verkehrs AG, there was a crash in the Landwasser district at the intersection between Auwaldstrasse and Elsässer Strasse.
According to a police spokesman, a child should have crossed the street with his bicycle at a red traffic light. With a courageous jump, it was able to escape from the approaching tram, but was slightly injured.
No injuries reported on the tram
The driver initiated an emergency stop, he and all passengers on board escaped with a fright when the vehicle caught the wheel. There was damage to the tram that has not yet been quantified, but it was able to continue on its own.
Because of the accident, there were temporarily no more trains between the Moosweiher and Paduaallee stops.
The VAG had first checked whether it could use a replacement bus service after work and recommended that passengers until then, if possible, take the 7212 bus to the main station or the L36 to Bissierstraße – or alternatively take the Breisgau-S- from the Freiburg-Landwasser train station. to use the train. In fact, tram traffic on line 1 was resumed after a short time.
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