Fatal traffic accident on the A61 near Bingen: truck crashes together

Fatal traffic accident on the A61 near Bingen: truck crashes together

Bingen, Deutschland - On March 11, 2025, a serious traffic accident occurred on the Bundesautobahn 61 in the direction of Ludwigshafen near Bingen with tragic consequences. In the incident, which took place around 1:50 a.m., a 65-year-old truck driver from the Münsterland broke the barrier of the motorway police, which secured a structure with tire span on the side strip. The truck collided with the unoccupied police vehicle, which then turned around its own axis and was thrown against the protective plank before it drove into another structure, as was already made by fireworld.at . The impact was so violent that the driver's cabin of the truck causing was heavily deformed and the driver suffered fatal injuries.

During the traffic accident, considerable damage to property on the vehicles involved, the services reported that the driver of the structure was in front of his vehicle and slightly injured his hand. The Bingen fire brigade, the emergency services and other police units were quickly on site to cope with the situation, such as Kreuznach and Gau-Bickelheim as well as the Emmelshausen motorway master.