Serious accident on the A3: 31-year-old causes chaos near Laaber!

Serious accident on the A3: 31-year-old causes chaos near Laaber!

On Christmas Eve, December 24, 2024, a serious traffic accident occurred on the A3 motorway at the Laaber junction. A 31-year-old man driving a Seat Cupra Ateca lost control of his vehicle around 12:30 p.m., with police reporting that he was driving at an inappropriate speed. The car left the road in a curve, crashed into a total of eleven guardrails and was thrown back by the impact before it finally came to a stop in the right lane, driving over a sign on the exit. Fortunately, the driver was uninjured, but there was a total economic loss of around 45,000 euros to the vehicle and further damage of 7,000 euros to the traffic facilities, such as oberpfalz-aktuell.com reported.

Emergency services react quickly

The fire departments from Laaber, Brunn, Oberpfraundorf and Beratzhausen were immediately called to the scene of the accident to secure the situation. They closed the Laaber junction and the right lane for around an hour to ensure that the road could be cleared quickly and to avoid further danger. The rapid response of the emergency services helped to quickly defuse the dangerous situation and prevent anything worse from happening mittelbayerische.de emphasized.