Fatal accident on the A1: Man dies near Grand Ippener in the event of a rear -end collision

Fatal accident on the A1: Man dies near Grand Ippener in the event of a rear -end collision

Groß Ippener, Deutschland - on March 17, 2025, at 9:57 a.m., a serious traffic accident occurred on Autobahn 1 at Groß Ippener in the Oldenburg district, in which a 37-year-old man died from Uelzen. He drove his car unchecked onto a saddle tractor that caused a traffic jam due to a previous accident after a truck trailer had overturned, like FireWorld.at reported. The impact was so violent that the man's vehicle was heavily deformed and it was trapped. Savior of several fire brigades were deployed to recover it, but could only find his death.

The alarmed emergency services, including around 40 firefighters, had considerable difficulties to free the deceased from the car. The strong deformations of the vehicle required the use of hydraulic rescue devices. "The rescue of the deceased person was extremely difficult. Such missions do not pass the emergency services without a trace," said Jannik Stiller, press spokesman for the Oldenburg district fire brigade, in the report by ndr . The 62-year-old truck driver was not injured, while the highway was completely closed to the rescue work towards Osnabrück. Traffic is diverted via the A28 and A29, while the police have started the investigation into the cause of the accident.