Winter conditions in April: Snow, hail, black ice and heavy rain caused numerous accidents in traffic on Saturday. For this Sunday the German Weather Service (DWD) announced partly heavy snowfall in the low mountain range – and also warned of black ice. Particularly in Bavaria There could therefore be traffic disruptions and a risk of tree damage due to the high snow loads.
In the Free State it could snow heavily on Sunday morning, especially in the north and in the Alps, even down to lower altitudes. On Sunday night, nothing had happened on the streets of Bavaria, as the responsible police headquarters announced.
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Snow and slippery conditions can also be expected in Baden-Württemberg, even at lower altitudes. According to the DWD, there will also be frost in places in North Rhine-Westphalia, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland early in the morning and slippery conditions as well as fresh snow in the mountains. The weather service also expected significant amounts of fresh snow in the Thuringian mountains. In Saxony, snowfall and slippery conditions can be expected in the Ore Mountains.
In the mountains of Lower Saxony, the weather service predicted only light snowfall for Sunday. But things can also get slippery in deep areas. Where there is no snow, there could be rain or sleet showers and isolated thunderstorms.
A number of trees are on Sunday night in East Westphalia-Lippe collapsed under the weight of snow. As the police reported, this created around 20 danger spots. Local fire brigade helpers removed the fallen trees and cleared the streets. In Extertal and Leopoldshöhe, drivers drove their vehicles off the road in snow and slippery conditions and ended up in a ditch.
Nobody got hurt. In the early hours of the morning, several centimeters of snow had fallen in parts of Ostwestfalen-Lippe, and even ten centimeters in Horn-Bad Meinberg, a police spokesman said.
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At Ilmenau in Thuringia was on Saturday morning with a sleet shower and temperatures just above 0 degrees A 65-year-old man died in a multi-car accident. The police said he skidded his car. The car then crossed into oncoming traffic and collided head-on with a vehicle. Two other people were injured.
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In the Zwickau district in Saxony On Saturday evening, briefly icy roads led to several accidents in which four people were injured. A police spokeswoman said the cars left the road and crashed into the guardrails due to snow, hail and heavy rain. One person was seriously injured on the A72 between the Zwickau-Ost and Hartenstein junctions. Three people were slightly injured in an accident involving two cars on the A4.
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Four people, including two small children, were killed at one Ice icing accident in East Hesse in the Fulda district slightly injured. A 26-year-old drove his car off the slippery road in a curve on Saturday evening due to an incorrect driving speed, the police said. The car in which the children and a passenger were sitting drove across the oncoming lane and slid into a ditch, where it overturned.
In In Saxony-Anhalt there was an accident with seven injuries due to hail and slippery conditions on the A36 in the Harz district came. As the police announced, three drivers near Thale lost control of their vehicles due to a sudden hailstorm and a collision occurred. A 69-year-old passenger in one of the cars was seriously injured in the accident on Saturday afternoon. Six other passengers, including two children aged 8 and 12, were slightly injured.
Also on Saturday, lightning ice was reported due to a mass accident A8 south of the Bavarian capital Munich was completely closed for a few hours. According to police information, an accident involving eight vehicles occurred at midday due to weather conditions. Nobody was injured. The police estimated the damage at up to 250,000 euros. (dpa)