Winterchaos in Brandenburg: flood of accidents through snow and smoothness!

Winter weather in Brandenburg and other parts of Germany ensures numerous traffic accidents. In Brandenburg, most of the incidents were limited to sheet metal damage, but there were also several injured and significant damage to property. The fire brigade reported the wet snow and branches through the wet snow, which further increased the danger on the streets.

in Rheinsberg (Ostprignitz-Ruppin district), a snow coat was overturned in a left-hand bend, with a 61-year-old slightly injured; The property damage is around 30,000 euros. In Bad Wilsnack (district of Prignitz, an empty line bus drove into a ditch. The 45-year-old driver was not injured, while the property damage was 500 euros.

restrictions in traffic and other incidents

in Werder (Havel, Potsdam-Mittelmark district), a 19-year-old slipped into a ditch with his car, the three occupants were not injured. However, the driver was tested positively for drugs and his driver's license was secured. In Luckenwalde (Teltow-Fläming), a driver collided with a lantern without injured. In Potsdam, a 32-year-old cyclist fell in Babelsberg and was slightly injured; She was immediately taken to the hospital.

Because of the winter conditions, there were restrictions on local public transport in Potsdam, in particular the bus line 691 between the main train station and Telegrafenberg was discontinued. The traffic disruptions that occurred on Thursday were no longer reported on Friday morning. For Friday, however, further snowfalls and in some areas are forecasted, with a maximum temperature of two degrees and alternating to strongly cloudy sky.

In other parts of Germany, several traffic accidents were also reported due to snow showers and smoothness. The German Weather Service (DWD) warns of smooth roads and an increased risk of accidents for Saturday and Sunday. In Bremen in particular, around 80 smoothly accidents were registered within a short time.

In addition, there was a black ice -related accident on the A1 in Sittensen, in which hundreds of trout and four people were injured. In Lower Saxony, too, there were over 110 traffic accidents in the area of the Braunschweig police in just eight hours. In Thuringia and Bavaria, accidents as a result of smoothness were also recorded, with a car crashed into a house wall in Sonnefeld and all four occupants were injured.

The DWD warns of further rainfall that could cause black ice on Sunday night as freezing rain. Travelers at Frankfurt Airport have to expect failures and delays on Sunday, especially in the morning. As early as Friday evening, several flights were painted at the capital airport for black ice, a total of 30 flights were affected.