Car driven in Munich’s stop: the second victim dies

After a car in Munich At the beginning of May in a tram stop, there is now a second fatality. A 79-year-old was seriously injured in the accident, and on Friday she succumbed to her injuries, the police said. About a week ago a young woman had already died of her injuries. At that time, a police spokesman had given the all -clear for the other two seriously injuries.

The 22-year-old student was « not yet over the mountain, » confirmed a police spokesman the day after the accident. Around a week after the accident, the police then said that the victim from China was succumbing to his serious injuries. The state of the other two seriously injured was unchanged, the police spokesman said at the time, they were not in mortal danger. Why the 79-year-old died does not show from the message.

Student after an accident at the tram stop in Munich dead

Immediately after the accident on May 7 in Munich, the Munich fire brigade had announced that a total of seven people were injured, three of them. In addition serious accident It came about before 12 noon: In the Arnulfstraße area and Donnersbergerstrasse, a man had crashed into a stop by his car. A large contingent of rescue workers was subsequently on site.

Car drives to the stop near Donnersbergerbrücke in Munich

After the accident, citizens were asked to avoid the area near the Donnersberger Bridge. The road was completely closed for hours. The fire brigade and the Munich police warned of x traffic impairments. In the afternoon, the officials then reported that traffic in the area of ​​Arnulfstrasse would be « released ». The tram traffic was still limited until the evening.

The police assume a traffic accident. « According to the current state of knowledge, no other background is known, » said a police spokeswoman on the day of the accident. The driver was not injured in the accident, but was then looked after by a crisis intervention team. The police are investigating him for negligent bodily harm. How the misfortune came about is part of the investigation.

Accident on Donnersbergerbrücke: The second vehicle was involved

The driver of the car was a 52-year-old from the Miesbach district (Upper Bavaria), the police said in a statement. He was not alone: ​​his 53-year-old passenger, who lives in the same region as the cause, was injured in the accident. In the course of the investigation, however, it became known that a second vehicle was still involved in the accident. It is a small truck who was in the same direction as the driver of the accident BMW.

According to previous knowledge of the investigators, the 52 -year -old driver of the accident car was traveling next to the van when the vehicles suddenly collapsed. After that, the man’s car had strayed from the street and driven head -on against the stop. The police continue to investigate which of the two drivers had not adhered to the traffic rules. So far, the police have not commented on whether there were allegations against the 52-year-old driver of the truck. Both drivers had already testified by the police.

The BMW driver was traveling on Arnulfstrasse in the city when he got left off the road and crashed into the tram’s waiting house, where there were several people at that time. According to the police, an estimated property damage of several ten thousand euros occurred. The Munich traffic police took over the investigation.

Motorists drive to the stop in Munich: the police run out of accident

After about an hour and a half, the fire brigade reported on the day of the accident that the deployment for the emergency services ended, the fire brigade remained on site « to support the police ». All injuries, according to the fire brigade, were brought to hospitals. It is only adults.

The Munich Transport Society (MVG) informed that due to the rescue operation on tram lines 16 and 17, a detour was set up: the trains were diverted in both directions between the North and Roman Square Central Station. Therefore, several stops could not be operated until the evening. During use and in time immediately afterwards there were also delays and failures.

Days earlier was A man in Stuttgart drove into a crowd with a heavy off -road vehicle at a stop at a stop. Eight people were seriously injured in the accident, and a woman later died of her injuries in the hospital. (with dpa)