Two days after a drunken truck driver left a devastated road in Fürth during a horrific drive, the police are still looking for the cause of the serious accident. Investigators wanted to question the man again in the near future. Before the investigating judge, he had remained silent about the allegations. The 50-year-old driver has been in custody since Wednesday. He is being investigated for, among other things, unauthorized removal from the scene of the accident, negligent bodily harm, negligent endangerment of road traffic and negligent arson. According to the police, a breath alcohol test after the accident showed two per thousand. A police spokeswoman assumed on Thursday that the result of the blood test would take some time.
The 50-year-old drove his trailer truck through a red traffic light at an intersection on Tuesday evening and collided with a car there. Then he continued his journey, rammed several cars and partly pushed them into each other. Some of the wagons caught fire. Buildings were also demolished and caught fire. Fürth’s Mayor Thomas Jung (SPD) spoke of “a miracle” that there were no fatalities. The driver and two other people were slightly injured.
The salvage work was difficult on Wednesday. Specialists first had to remove 26 steel parts from the loading area of the semi-trailer. In the evening we managed to get the truck right and towed away. An expert should now examine this for technical defects. The investigators expected further clarity on the amount of damage on Thursday. In addition to the damage to the 34 demolished vehicles and the truck, the experts focused on the buildings. The police assumed damage of at least several hundred thousand euros on Wednesday.