After a bus accident in MV: Investigations - drivers in sight!
After a bus accident in MV: Investigations - drivers in sight!
The night of Friday a week ago there was a serious bus accident on Autobahn 19 in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. A double-decker flix bus that was traveling from Copenhagen to Vienna overturned and left over 30 injuries and tragically four deaths. The investigation into the cause of the accident and the circumstances continue to take place. According to [Welt] (https://www.welt.de/regionales/mecklenburg-vormern/article25638762/nach-buslueck-polpoli-get- and-habschale-frei.
The identity of the victims is well known: Among the dead are a 47-year-old Polish, a 20-year-old Indonesian residing in Berlin, a 19-year-old from Bavaria and the 43-year-old Ukrainian, whose death has now been confirmed. As a result of this accident, the Leipzig police (https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/sachsen/leipzig/bus-unfall-flixbus-tote-ert-100.html) followed numerous investigations that are directed against the 62-year-old bus driver. This is accused of negligent killing and negligent bodily harm, which is not unusual in such cases.
vehicle release and returns
After examining the bus by a DEKRA expert, which took place on a terrain of a towing company, it was decided to release the bus. Flixbus can now start returning the vehicle and the associated belongings. Smaller luggage in particular will be gradually returned to the passengers after larger luggage from the luggage compartment could be handed over. However, it remains unclear when the objects can be returned from the passenger compartment, since these have so far been integrated in the investigation world.
The discussion about security in bus traffic is heated again by this tragic incident. The Association of Central German Omnibus companies expresses that it is a challenge to enforce the straps in coaches. Creating the seat belt is a separate responsibility for passengers, whereby the drive-in-ups should properly point out the straps MDR.
The security situation in long -distance bus traffic
In general, coaches are considered safe means of transport. Data show that in 2023 only 16 people were killed by bus accidents in Germany, while in car accidents the number rose to 1,183 (https://www.br.de/nachrichten/Deutschland-welt/icherheit-in-rereisbussen-zenszens-zapps ,u8kznoo). Nevertheless, the accident on the A19 remains a dark example of how quickly security can turn into danger. The investigation into the cause of the accident is still in progress, and the focus is on the driving and break times of the bus driver, which are stored in a kind of black box.Additional security measures in coaches are urgently necessary. The German Road Safety Council recommends installing fire detectors in toilets and engine rooms and doing more information about the straps. While the driver is responsible for the safety of passengers on the bus, every passenger himself remains responsible for compliance with the security precautions [BR] (https://www.br.de/nachrichten/deutschland-welt/icherheit-in-rerebussen-zens-zicht-fahlztin-facht ,u8kznoo).
This tragic incident shows that despite general security measures in bus traffic, every accident leaves deep wounds and that a rethink in security policy is required.
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