Fatal accident on A3: Police are looking for witnesses for driving flights!

Am 26.04.2025 starb ein 65-jähriger Lkw-Fahrer bei einem Unfall auf der A3 nach Fahrerflucht. Zwei weitere Verletzte, Polizei sucht Zeugen.
On April 26, 2025, a 65-year-old truck driver died in an accident on the A3 to driver flight. Two other injured, police are looking for witnesses. (Symbolbild/NAGW)

Fatal accident on A3: Police are looking for witnesses for driving flights!

Wertheim, Deutschland - On April 26, 2025, a tragic accident occurred on Autobahn 3 near Wertheim, which cost a 65-year-old truck driver. As ZVW was reported on the hard shoulder by a white van, who then fleeed. The truck driver got out of his vehicle due to a breakdown and died at the scene of the accident.

In a follow-up accident, another 55-year-old truck driver was seriously injured. The latter crashed into his truck against the trailer of the decommissioning breakdown vehicle, broke through the middle guideline and blocked the A3 towards Passau. A subsequent van could no longer brake in time and also collided with the cross -like vehicle. The 55-year-old was then taken to the hospital while the police are looking for witnesses and road users with video material. The total damage is estimated at more than 230,000 euros.

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The highway was still closed in the afternoon of April 26 when the investigation into the course of the accident was continued. There was a similar fatal incident in Austria two years ago when a 69-year-old woman died in a car collision on Autobahn 3 near Münchendorf. A 24-year-old drove onto her vehicle, which led to the serious injury of a 66-year-old who was flown to the hospital with an emergency doctor helicopter. The person who caused the accident fled after the collision.

statistics on traffic accidents show how important measures to improve traffic safety are. According to Destatis , accident statistics serve to gain reliable, comprehensive and current data on the traffic safety situation. They form the basis for legislative measures and initiatives for traffic education, road construction and vehicle technology.

The role of traffic safety

Road traffic accident statistics captures accidents with personal damage or property damage and analyzes the various participants and causes. The aim is to show structures of the accident and the dependencies between accident -determining factors. The results support state transport policy, especially in the areas of infrastructure and traffic safety.

The tragic incidents, such as that in Wertheim, illustrate urgency to improve traffic safety on the streets and to record and analyze the causes and consequences of accidents.

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