Motorhome makes a deader: rescuers prevent environmental disaster!

Motorhome makes a deader: rescuers prevent environmental disaster!

On Friday evening, May 2, 2025, an unusual accident occurred in Pirna-Copitz around 6:35 p.m. A motorhome that was loaded with a trailer and a motorboat rolled into the Elbe. The driver of the vehicle wanted to leave his boat into water at a slipp. The exact cause of the uncontrolled roles of the motorhome is currently unknown. Experts may suspect a technical defect or a failure of the handbrake as reasons for the incident.

Matthias Schäle, a 42-year-old entrepreneur and head of the Ass Pirna construction company, was by chance witness to the incident. He discovered the driverless vehicle that was already driving in the water and immediately acted. He secured the motorhome with a rope and let an employee come to the scene of the accident with a roll-off container truck. Together they built a rescue operation to pull the vehicle out of the Elbe.

spontaneous rescue operation and fire brigade measures

The rescue of the motorhome was not without risk because the rear had already buoyancy and threatened to overturn the vehicle. The fire brigade Pirna was quickly on site and used a rubber boat to assess the Situation, but did not have to actively intervene. Their main task was to absorb the leaked petrol and oil in order to avoid an environmental risk. Fortunately, the driver of the motorhome was not injured, while the question remains whether the vehicle may still be ready or repairable.

accidents like this are in the context of the entire traffic safety situation in Germany. According to the statistics of the Federal Statistical Office, security measures and traffic education are crucial in order to avoid such incidents. The traffic accident statistics enable a comprehensive analysis of accidents and their causes, so that strategies to improve traffic safety can be developed. In particular, accidents with personal or property damage, their causes and the vehicles involved are recorded in order to be able to react better to the challenges in road traffic.

The exact circumstances related to the incident in Pirna-Copitz have not yet been clarified, but the courage and the fire brigade's courage and the fire brigade set an important sign of the importance of quick action when recovering.

Further information on traffic accidents in Germany can be found on the website of the Federal Statistical Office: Statistical data on traffic accidents .

For detailed reports on the incident in Pirna-Copitz, including the measures taken, see the article at Leipziger Volkszeitung .