Fatal accident on the A7: 82-year-old dies in a tragic collision

Fatal accident on the A7: 82-year-old dies in a tragic collision

On December 21, 2024, a tragic traffic accident occurred on the A7 in Bavaria, in which an 82-year-old man lost his life. The accident occurred around 5:35 a.m. near the Riedener Wald-Ost rest area when a 57-year-old driver bounced down on a red-colored Caddy with his Mercedes, which was in the middle of the road. The emergency doctor could only determine the death of the older driver, while the Mercedes driver got away with minor injuries. According to the investigation by the Schweinfurt-Werneck transport police inspection, the A7 was temporarily completely closed, but the traffic could be quickly diverted via the rest area, such as fireworld.at reported.

Before, on December 17, 2024, another serious accident occurred on the A7 near Kassel, which also ended fatally. A truck driver drove up to a breakdown truck at around 3:30 a.m. The impact was so violent that the driver who rammed the breakdown truck suffered serious injuries and died at the scene of the accident. The driver of the standing truck was not in his vehicle at the time of impact. This tragic collision also led to kilometers of traffic jams that were up to 11 kilometers long, since the A7 was temporarily completely blocked for the rescue work, such as hessenschau.de reported. The estimated property damage amounts to over 300,000 euros.