Extreme smoothing in North Rhine-Westphalia: accidents and injuries!

Extreme smoothing in North Rhine-Westphalia: accidents and injuries!

In North Rhine-Westphalia, today's winter onset led to an alarming number of traffic accidents and injuries. According to tonight.de , several serious accidents occurred on Wednesday evening, which due to the goth and smooth Street -related came about.

In Bestwig in the Hochsauerlandkreis, a 45-year-old driver got on the opposite lane in a curve and collided with the vehicle of a 38-year-old. Both drivers suffered serious injuries; The property damage is estimated at around 40,000 euros. There was also a serious incident on the A45 between Lüdenscheid and Hagen. A truck hit a guardrail on a smooth road, and another vehicle drove onto the truck. One of the drivers was slightly injured, which led to hours of the road. The traffic could only be passed by one in the early morning.

injured and accidents in several cities

A total of further weather -related accidents were reported in cities such as Cologne, Wuppertal and Schmallenberg. Six people suffered minor injuries, while in Bonn, Bielefeld and Detmold there were several accidents with property damage. The German Weather Service (DWD) reports that from Thursday morning, January 9, further snowfalls and frost can be expected. This could tighten the unfortunate situation on the streets.

The dangers through the snow and the smoothness are not only limited to North Rhine-Westphalia. Numerous traffic accidents were also reported in other federal states, such as Lower Saxony and Thuringia. The DWD warned that the streets could be extremely smooth in the coming hours. Tagesschau.de illustrated that around 80 smoothly accidents were registered in Bremen within a few hours.

precautionary measures and weather warnings

In order to minimize the dangers for road users, a comprehensive warning was given. The DWD advises drivers and pedestrians to avoid unnecessary journeys and warns of the critical road conditions that can arise from freezing rain and black ice. Particular attention applies from Friday to Saturday, where the DWD expects freezing rain, which could cause additional smoothness. [t-online.de ] also reported in 53 circles in Germany as alarm level were.