A 66-year-old died in a serious traffic accident in Berg. According to the police, the man was traveling on the state road from Berg to Kempfenhausen on Tuesday afternoon around 5:30 p.m. He lost control of his pickup truck, left the road and crashed into a tree. He suffered fatal injuries. According to initial findings, “medical reasons” were the reason why the man was no longer able to drive his car, the police said. The Munich II public prosecutor’s office and the Starnberg police station are now investigating the exact course of the accident.
The 66-year-old passenger of the man who died in the Munich accident was trapped in the vehicle during the accident, but was able to free himself on his own. She suffered an injury to her shoulder and was taken to hospital in Munich.
The recovery of the accident vehicle presented the emergency services with challenges. First, the tree had to be partially felled. The accident vehicle was then recovered using a mobile crane and several tow trucks. The state highway had to be closed until midnight. While car traffic could be rerouted through Berg, there were significant restrictions on local public transport. There were delays and cancellations.