Serious accident on the A40: 18-year-old fights for his life!
Serious accident on the A40: 18-year-old fights for his life!
On the night of Sunday, May 4, 2025, a serious traffic accident occurred on the Autobahn 40 near Gelsenkirchen. The incident, which entered around 1:35 a.m., involved four young men aged 18 and 19 who were traveling in a small car. The 19-year-old driver from Bochum lost control of his Honda for unexplained reasons.
The car got into skid in a curve behind the Gelsenkirchen-Süd exit towards Bochum and crashed head-on against a concrete protection wall. After the impact, the vehicle stopped parallel to the road. The inmates got out and tried to secure the scene of the accident by setting up a warning triangle. Two young men stopped next to the vehicle while the other two actively helped.
consequences of the second impact
A short time later, a second accident occurred. A 66-year-old Mercedes driver from Bochum noticed the remaining vehicle too late and collided with it. The impact was strong enough to set the Honda in motion again and hurl one of the 18-year inmates over the road. This suffered life -threatening injuries, and his condition remains critical even in the early Sunday afternoon. Another 18-year-old was seriously injured.The other two inmates of the Honda as well as the 66-year-old Mercedes driver and his passenger suffered minor injuries. A 45-year-old Bochumer who was traveling in a Ford only easily collided with the accident vehicles, which only led to property damage.
Investigations and traffic situation
The police took up an investigation into the exact cause of the accident. The investigators of the traffic accident team examined the scene of the accident, which is why the A40 between Gelsenkirchen-Süd and Bochum Wattenscheid-West remained closed until 1:00 p.m. The entire event also led to the traffic output in the direction of Dortmund via the Gelsenkirchen-Süd.
junction. So far, the injured people in the accident have not been questioned due to their injuries and shocks, which also made the investigation more difficult. The tragic circumstances of the accident raise questions about the security that there is on the highways, especially when there are nightly traffic. [Tagesschau] reports that the certainty about the exact background of the accident is still pending, while the families concerned are waiting for news."A serious traffic accident on the A40 near Gelsenkirchen, which threatens several human lives, shows the fragile conditions of our streets and the risk that many drivers take," summarizes the serious consequences.
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