Couple from Darmstadt: Because of overtaking maneuvers – bike tour near Fulda ends fatally

• Bike tour at Fulda ends for a woman from the Darmstadt-Dieburg district deadly
• A BMW collides with two cyclists on the L 3141 road
• The public prosecutor’s office in Fulda uses an accident appraiser

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Fulda / Darmstadt – It should be a nice trip with the e-bikes on a sunny Whit Monday (01-06-2020), but the tour of a couple from Darmstadt-Dieburg district came to a tragic end: As reported by the police headquarters in East Hesse, it broke in BMW with the cyclists, and the woman was fatally injured.

Couple from the Darmstadt-Dieburg district near Fulda

The two cyclists from the district Darmstadt-Dieburg were at Pentecost Monday at 2:05 p.m. Country road L3141 between Uffhausen and Großenlüder bei Fulda on road. The couple, 55 and 53 years old, were about to turn left from the country road onto a cycle path some 500 meters after the Grossenlüder exit.

Behind the couple from the district Darmstadt-Dieburg drove two cars: the 39-year-old driver of the rear car overtook the car in front of him. The bounced BMW-Riders from Hosenfeld together with the cyclists who just crossed the street to turn left onto the bike path.

Cyclist from Darmstadt-Dieburg district succumbed to injuries

The couple from the district Darmstadt-Dieburg was seriously injured, the woman later succumbed to her injuries in the hospital. The husband is not critically injured.

In the area of ​​the accident site on the Country road L3141 near Fulda may only be driven at a speed of 70 km / h due to the crossing cyclists. In addition, the danger sign “Cyclists” is set up. By order of the public prosecutor’s office in Fulda, an expert was called in to clarify the course of the accident. The property damage is about 35,000 euros, according to the police.

Accident numbers are falling

Overall, the number of accidents in Germany is falling. According to information from the Federal office of statistics a total of 3,059 people lost their lives. That is 216 fatalities or 6.6 percent less than in the previous year 2018. The number of fatalities reached the lowest level since the start of statistics more than 60 years ago.

In Hesse, 224 people died in accidents in 2019, 15 fewer than in 2018.

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There was also an accident near Fulda on a country road near Künzell: three people were injured in a serious motorcycle accident.

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