Winterchaos in Göttingen: Quick ice leads to accidents and traffic disruptions!

A massive onset of winter has ensured dangerous weather conditions in various parts of Germany in the past few days. In Göttingen this led to snow and black ice, which resulted in several smaller traffic accidents in the district, but fortunately remained without injuries. Nevertheless, drivers had to reckon with problems on the streets caused by the winter conditions.

In Thuringia, the authorities registered a total of 17 accidents on motorways from Friday evening to Saturday morning, with two people being slightly injured and total damage of around 130,000 euros was created. The A38 between Heilbad Heiligenstadt and Leinefelde-Worbis, which was closed for about an hour, was particularly affected. A 37-year-old driver came off the road on Kefferhäuser Strasse; However, there were no injuries or property damage here. Another incident occurred on Saturday afternoon: A 26-year-old VW Polo driver lost control of his vehicle at the Leinefelde junction, which led to minor injuries to both occupants.

weather warnings and traffic disruptions

like zdf reported, warns the German weather service (DWD) and recommends at home if possible remain. The snow moves from the southwest to northeastern Germany and has already caused numerous traffic disruptions. At the airports in Frankfurt and Munich, there are restrictions in air traffic, which is due to the winter conditions. In the Eifel and in the Westerwald there was snowbruch, whereby the evacuation of branches and trees from road traffic was necessary.

In the Koblenz area, 17 accidents have been registered since Sunday morning due to snow or freezing moisture, a slightly injured man is to be complained about. In Hesse, too, reports on traffic accidents, including an incident, are piling up in which a van on a stray vehicle. A car from the federal police overturned on the A81, with five officials being slightly injured. In addition, curvy rescue campaigns were documented in Braunschweig, in which a duck was released by the fire brigade after stating on a frozen lake.