Traffic
Dead after accident in Bavaria: Illegal racing suspected
In Bavaria, a car with two occupants crashes into a tree – with fatal consequences. The police are particularly interested in what happened in the minutes before.
In the event of an accident in In Bavaria, a 23-year-old passenger died and the driver, who was also young, was seriously injured. The police are investigating a prohibited motor vehicle race and the endangerment of road traffic.
According to initial findings, the 19-year-old driver, like a man of the same age driving in the same direction, had recently overtaken another vehicle nearby at significantly excessive speed, the police said. Then he apparently lost control of his car in a long curve in Petersdorf in Swabia due to the high speed and collided with a tree.
The car caught fire. The 23-year-old passenger was trapped in the car and died in the car. The 19-year-old was taken to hospital with serious injuries. According to police, the driver of the second car, who was the same age and was presumably involved in the race, returned to the scene of the accident. An expert was called in to clarify the cause of the accident.