Collision in Ulm: Motor driver overlooks the tram - 70,000 euros damage!

On Friday evening there was an accident between a car and a tram in Ulm. A 39-year-old driver, who was turned out of the Lehle residential area, overlooked the tram authorized to go, which was traveling towards East Prussia. The 62-year-old tram driver initiated an emergency braking, but could not prevent the collision, such as Bahnblogstelle.com reported.

The driver was slightly injured in the accident, while the inmates of the tram remained unharmed. The damage amounts to around 70,000 euros, with the damage to the Mercedes of the person who caused the accident around 25,000 euros and the damage on the tram is around 45,000 euros. The car had to be towed. The Laupheim traffic service was on site to record the accident.

rail replacement traffic set up

As a result of the accident, a replacement of rails was set up by bus for around two hours. According to the information from Augsburger-allgemeine.de , the accident was registered at 7.40 p.m. The incident has led to considerable traffic impairments that were going on until around 9:45 p.m.