Family in tragedy: parents die in serious A14 accident, children injured!

Family in tragedy: parents die in serious A14 accident, children injured!

Metelsdorf, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Deutschland - A tragic traffic accident occurred on the A14 in the Northwest Mecklenburg district, in which a man (61 years) and a woman (48 years) died. The incident took place on April 18, 2025 at around 3 p.m. when the family drove towards Wismar. According to Weser-Kurier , the driver lost control of her Dacia for an unknown cause. The vehicle came to the right of the road, crashed into an emergency column and overturned several times.

In the accident, the couple's two children were injured in the back seat. The 11-year-old daughter suffered minor injuries while her 13-year-old brother had to be brought to the hospital seriously injured. The passenger immediately died at the scene of the accident, while the driver did not survive his serious injuries later in the hospital. Emergency doctors, numerous ambulances and a rescue helicopter were on duty to supply the children and the injured inmates. The highway had to be completely blocked for several hours.

Investigations and traffic situation

The police confirmed an expert to clarify the cause of the accident, as in a report by Regionalhute . Details on the exact course of the course are still unclear and the investigation is underway. The accident is another tragic example of the dangers in road traffic that fatal to many people every year.

The numbers of traffic accidents in Europe are alarming. According to European Parliament die annually thousands of people in traffic accidents. Between 2010 and 2020, the number of traffic fatships fell by 36 percent. Nevertheless, the hazard on the streets remained a central topic, especially for children and adolescents who have statistically represent a growing risk group in recent years.

In the context of this accident, one cannot ignore that the EU average is 42 racing dead per 1 million inhabitants. It is particularly striking that 12 percent of the racing dead in 2018 were between the ages of 18 and 24, an age group that is only 8 percent of the total population. Such statistics illustrate the urgency with the focus on traffic safety in order to prevent future tragedies.