Three people were killed in an accident on the autobahn near Pforzheim. The person who caused the tragedy was probably drunk.
Pforzheim – Three people died early Sunday morning in an accident on Autobahn 8 near Pforzheim, including the 35-year-old who caused the accident. According to the police, the man had driven his car from a parking lot against the direction of travel on the highway.
There the car crashed head-on into another car. Its 28-year-old driver and the 24-year-old passenger died. A 28-year-old sitting in the back of the car and a 33-year-old also sitting in the back seat were seriously injured. The 35-year-old, who had been traveling alone, also succumbed to his injuries. The A 8 between Pforzheim-Ost and Pforzheim-Nord was completely closed for hours.
Witnesses had alerted the police well before the accident because the person who had caused the accident appeared to have been drunk. Emergency services had then searched for the car, but according to the information, they could not see it anywhere at first. dpa
