Truck accident on A4: Police are looking for witnesses for dangerous crash!

Truck accident on A4: Police are looking for witnesses for dangerous crash!

In early Wednesday morning, July 2, at 6:05 a.m. on the crossing from the A72 to the A4 towards Dresden, Röhrsdorf, a dangerous traffic accident. A 20-year-old woman was on the left lane of the A72 with her Hyundai when an unknown tractor-trailer suddenly switched on the left lanes without paying attention to traffic. The truck got too far to left and forced the young driver to an alternative maneuver to avoid a collision. This meant that she lost control of her vehicle and collided with a guideline and the guardrail before her vehicle finally got off the road.

Thanks to a happy circumstance, the young woman only suffered minor injuries, while the property damage is estimated at around 52,000 euros. However, the semitrailer did not stop and continued his journey without taking care of the consequences of his actions. The police have initiated investigations from the scene of the accident for unauthorized removal and is urgently looking for witnesses to the incident and information about the fleeting truck. "We hope that witnesses who have seen something have been reported," said a police spokesman in the press release. Radiochemnitz further reports that the behavior of the truck driver is not only legally problematic, but also underlines the meaning of increasing traffic safety.

traffic accidents in Germany

The situation around the accident illuminates a bigger problem in road traffic. Every year, thousands of traffic accidents occur in Germany, the causes of which are often due to careless behavior of road users, wrong turning or disregarding distance rules. According to the Statistics of Destatis , the analysis of these accidents in the improvement of security measures in legislation, traffic education and infrastructure serves. The results are important for state traffic policy and can influence future measures to improve traffic safety.

Especially with regard to the risk of other road users, as is clear in this accident, it is essential that all drivers develop a good sense of the traffic situation and are aware of their responsibility on the street. Inattentiveness as in the case of the fleeting truck driver can have fatal consequences.

The police asks everyone who has observed the incident or can give information about the fleeting tractor -trailer to report. The eyes of the public are certainly a valuable support in investigating such traffic accidents. So that such dangerous situations can be prevented in the future, every helping hand is asked.

For the 20-year-old driver it is said that hope for quick recovery and a return to normality soon. The high damage to property should only be a marginal note compared to the almost sequences of such an accident.