Sad news - accident in Germany

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Sad news - accident in Germany

Post by Rav » Wed Apr 21, 2021 1:28 pm

Sad loss of life.
Towing car looks to have been a B3

https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/niedersa ... s4vW-ahnVU

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Re: Sad news - accident in Germany

Post by churchie386 » Wed Apr 21, 2021 2:18 pm

At first the "driver's" door looks relatively undamaged. Then I realised this B3/D3 is left hand drive and, from the video on the above link, the actual driver's door took a very significant impact from the Porsche.

Very sad for the drivers and their families. Cars can always be relpaced, loved ones not.
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Re: Sad news - accident in Germany

Post by Bob » Wed Apr 21, 2021 2:47 pm

Very tragic, but as you say, cars are replaceable, lives however are not. :(

Looks like it’s a B/D5 rather than a 3 to me.
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Re: Sad news - accident in Germany

Post by B10BRW » Wed Apr 21, 2021 6:59 pm

Terrible loss of life, nobody could have survived that, perhaps the trailer overtook the Alpina and pushed it into the barrier.

Interesting to see the report states the road was closed for 2 hours, over here it would be closed for several days :-|

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Re: Sad news - accident in Germany

Post by Norrie » Thu Apr 22, 2021 9:38 am

If I read this correct the ALPINA was towing a trailer with a Ferrari on it? There was a collision with a Porsche. Sadly the ALPINA driver died. I think in the UK the maximum speed for towing a trailer like that would be 50 mph. Its difficult to speculate when someone is dead, I guess the German accident investigators will find out exactly what happened?
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