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Shock on the B16: van overturns – alcohol as a cause?
Accidents on the B16 in the Kelheim district: the influence of alcohol could be the cause, several injuries and road closures.
Shock on the B16: van overturns – alcohol as a cause?
On September 2, 2025, there was a spectacular accident on the B16 in the Kelheim district on Tuesday night. Loud Danube Courier The incident happened between the towns of Biburg and Abensberg between 3 and 4 a.m. A Serbian driver lost control of his small truck in the construction site area, collided with a concrete wall and overturned. The fire departments from Biburg, Altdürnbuch as well as Mühlhausen and Abensberg were immediately alerted to defuse the situation.
But the challenges didn’t stop there. In order to rescue the overturned truck, the B16 had to be closed for several hours. The fire brigade not only took care of the recovery of the vehicle, which was totaled, but also tied up any spilled fuel and ensured that the accident site was adequately lit. The road was finally reopened to traffic around 7:30 a.m. A blessing in disguise: the driver remained uninjured. However, police determined that alcohol may have played a role in this accident.
Drunk driving – a recurring problem
In a similar incident that took place just a few days earlier, a 21-year-old from Karlskron got onto the B16 near Mühlhausen on Sunday morning. This caused several accidents by colliding with other vehicles. The young driver and two other people, including a 56-year-old from the Kelheim district and a 68-year-old from Lohra Altenvers, suffered serious but not life-threatening injuries and were taken to surrounding hospitals. How Central Bavarian Reportedly, this driver also had typical alcohol-related abnormalities, which were confirmed by a breath alcohol test, which showed a value in the range of a criminal offense.
Together, these two incidents raised the question of why drunk driving remains such a widespread problem. Loud Statista The statistics show that drunken traffic accidents in Germany were continuously documented from 1995 to 2024. Such accidents are not only a danger for the drivers themselves, but also for all other road users.
It remains to be hoped that the clarification on this matter will be increased so that such incidents become a thing of the past in the future. It is important to raise even more awareness of the dangers of driving under the influence of alcohol - a concern that affects us all.