Accidental death in Sindelfingen: overtaking maneuvers ended in two deaths – district of Böblingen

Fruit Wolf-Dieter November 27, 2018 – 08h50

Sindelfingen – Two deaths are attributable to a serious road accident on Tuesday morning in Sindelfingen. In a head-on collision after a missed overtaking maneuver, a Mercedes driver and the driver of a VW Polo were killed. This year already, 16 people lost their lives in Böblingen.

According to preliminary police reports, the driver of the Mercedes was stopped Tuesday at 6:10 on the Leonberger road to Leonberg and Stuttgart Büsnau. "About 100 meters before the sign indicating the end of the city, he then began to double," said police spokesman Peter Widenhorn. He did not pay attention to the solid middle line, which forbids overtaking, nor traffic in the opposite direction.

The polo is projected in the air

The Mercedes crashed on the VW Polo, whose driver could no longer brake or avoid. The section is delimited by a security barrier and a noise barrier. The force of the impact was such that the Polo was projected in the air and remained straight on the guardrail. A Mercedes SLR sports car bounced slightly against the wreckage. For the woman as well as for the culprit, all help arrived too late. The runway had to be completely closed for rescue work. The driver of the sports car and the obsolete driver left with terror. The damage is tens of thousands of euros.

The balance sheet is particularly high on the roads of Böblingen this year. In total, 16 people lost their lives. In comparison, in 2017, there were only six. The previous year, there were eleven victims. In the city of Sindelfingen alone, two motorcyclists aged 28 and 32 died this year. Among other things, a 23-year-old golf driver was killed in early October while he was in Weil der Stadt-Schafhausen because of too high a speed off the road and he was in danger. is crushed against several trees.