Tragic accident in Wetzlar: pedestrian dies after collision with a car

On January 6, 2025, a tragic traffic accident occurred in Wetzlar, in which an 82-year-old pedestrian was fatally injured. According to a report by hna , the man was recorded by a car at around 6:20 a.m. The 35-year-old driver of a Mercedes Gla was heading towards Schützenstraße and collided with the pedestrian at the Leitzplatz. Despite attempts at resuscitation by the ambulance crew and an emergency doctor, the pedestrian died at the scene of the accident.

The driver suffered a shock after the incident. The fire brigade was immediately there to lock and illuminate the scene of the accident. An expert was commissioned by the public prosecutor's office in Wetzlar to reconstruction the accident and the accident car was ensured. The Karl-Kellner-Ring remained fully closed towards Schützenstrasse until around 9:30 a.m. The police are still looking for witnesses to the accident and asks for information on the telephone number (06441) 9180.

incident with severe personal injury

in a similar tragic incident in Wetzlar, about the Giessener reported, two young men died in the night from November 3 to November 4, 2023 in a traffic accident. A 21-year-old man from Wetzlar lost control of his vehicle around 1:12 a.m. and crashed head-on against a massive quarry stone wall in the direction of Frankfurter Strasse. The 21-year-old died at the scene of the accident, while a 24-year-old passenger had to be taken to the hospital with serious injuries and a 22-year-old inmate later succumbed to his injuries.

The fire brigade had to free the occupants from the destroyed vehicle. The scene of the accident was at Brühlsbachstrasse, and Bergstrasse in Wetzlar was closed for about four and a half hours. The cause of the accident has so far been unclear, and the public prosecutor's office has initiated investigations, for which an expert was also commissioned.