Line bus accident in Saarbrücken: Driver collides with houses!

Line bus accident in Saarbrücken: Driver collides with houses!

Theodor-Storm-Straße, 66125 Saarbrücken, Deutschland - Saarbrücken (Germany): On the evening of January 7, 2025, around 7:44 p.m., a serious incident occurred on Theodor-Storm-Strasse. A regular bus, occupied by five passengers, collided after a sudden weakness of the 73-year-old driver with an oncoming vehicle and then drift off the street, where he damaged the building front of two single-family houses. The Dudweiler volunteer fire brigade had to free the inmates from the bus. Both the bus driver and four passengers, who were then transported to surrounding hospitals, suffered slight injuries, such as fireworld.at reported.

damage and evacuation

The force of the impact led to considerable damage to one of the affected single -family houses, so that a structural engineer of the technical relief organization (THW) expressed doubts about the statics of the building. This required the evacuation of the house, while further studies on static security should follow. Theodor-Storm-Straße remained completely closed until 10:30 p.m. while the bus was recovered.

At the stop Theodor-Storm-Straße, which was affected by the accident, bus lines, including line 39, which leads to various destinations in Frankfurt am Main. The stop remains an important traffic junction, such as Zahnplan-bus-bahn.de notes. The incident also has an impact on bus traffic and the local connection, which brings additional uncertainties for passengers.