Shock in the district of Görlitz: Frontalcrash with three injuries!

Shock in the district of Görlitz: Frontalcrash with three injuries!

Straße der Republik, 02763 Görlitz, Deutschland - The streets in Germany always experience dramatic incidents that encourage thought. So also on Monday afternoon in the Görlitz district, where an overtaking maneuver had catastrophic consequences. A 71-year-old driver of a ŠKODA caused a violent frontal collision on the street of the Republic in the Spitzkunnersdorf district, in which three people were slightly injured. Like TAG24 reported, the senior overtook a column of at least three vehicles and did not notice the oncoming opel.

The force of the impact was huge: the Opel was not only massively damaged, but was also thrown against a power box by the impact and broke through a garden fence until it finally came to a standing garden. A scenario that, for example, is repeated again and again according to the current traffic figures according to Destatis . The statistics on traffic accidents show that such overtaking accidents are more common and dangerous.

Fast reaction of the rescue workers

The alarms of the rescue workers took place at around 4 p.m., and they were not long in coming. All three injured-the ŠKODA driver, his passenger and the 28-year-old Opel driver-were taken to the hospital as a precaution. Fortunately, the injuries are easy to classify, which is positive news in view of the terror.

The street of the Republic remained closed for about two and a half hours after the accident, while the cleanup was carried out and traffic in the area was ordered. The investigation is ongoing and the total damage amounts to almost 50,000 euros. Such accidents are not only annoying, they also represent a serious security risk that is repeatedly brought into focus.

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