According to police reports, a car suddenly drove off in the Allgäu without a driver and rolled against a tree. The officials assumed that a technical defect was the reason for the accident in Kaufbeuren, as the police announced on Monday.
According to this, the officials were called to an accident on Monday night in which a previously parked car drove through a hedge – without anyone supposedly sitting in it. When investigators examined the scene of the accident, the car suddenly drove off with its headlights on and in gear and crashed into a tree two meters away.
The investigators found the owner, according to a police spokeswoman. Criminal investigations will not be carried out, said the spokeswoman. If defective parts were installed in the car, civil claims could be asserted. According to the information, the car’s starter, which had only recently been replaced, overheated and burned through in large parts.