Winter outbreak in Bavaria: chaos on the streets and numerous accidents!

A massive onset of winter has led to chaos on the streets and numerous accidents in Bavaria. According to reports from Merkur ensured dangerous black ice conditions that brought numerous drivers into difficulties.

On January 3, the police registered several accidents due to black ice. The incident on the Munich-Salzburg railway line was particularly serious, where an Intercity train collided with a car. A driver lost control of his vehicle in Stephanskirchen near Rosenheim and slipped onto the tracks, but was able to leave the car in good time and was not injured. The train, which was occupied by 85 passengers, was able to return to Munich thanks to a second locomotive. The route was released again on Friday morning at 3 a.m.

further accidents in the region

in Bergen (Traunstein district), two trucks also got stuck in the snow. Another accident occurred in Siegsdorf, where a driver collided with a house wall, but was unharmed. There were also black ice accidents in Franconia, including in the Fichtelgebirge near Bischofsgrün, where there were injured. An injured person was reported on the Autobahn 70 between Bamberg and Bayreuth when a driver at Velburg lost control of his vehicle. In this context, Süddeutsche of a variety of accidents or frontal collided.

A particularly worrying incident occurred on Thursday evening when a 22-year-old lost control of his vehicle at the level crossing, crashed into a distribution box and slipped onto the tracks. Here, too, the driver was able to get out in good time before the train caught it. The railway line was closed for several hours, which led to further delays and train failures at the Bavarian Regiobahn (BRB) and the Südostbayernbahn.

The German Weather Service forecast slightly long -term frost and other snow showers for the coming days, which could make the situation on the streets further difficult. Motorists are urged to drive carefully and to keep an eye on the road conditions.