Shock in Kirchheim: woman has a serious accident under the influence of alcohol!

Shock in Kirchheim: woman has a serious accident under the influence of alcohol!

On Thursday, a serious traffic accident occurred on the federal road 454 near Kirchheim. A 43-year-old woman from Brandenburg was seriously injured when her car got oncoming in a right curve. In the attempt to avoid an oncoming vehicle, the driver skidded, crashed into a protective bank and a tree, so that the vehicle overturned.

The woman suffered several serious injuries, including a head injury and internal injuries, and was flown to the Fulda Clinic with a rescue helicopter. The police stated strong alcohol smell in the vehicle during the accident recording and ordered a blood sample to check the exact alcoholization. An expert was consulted to determine the cause of the accident in detail. The federal road 454 was completely closed for about three hours after the accident, which led to significant traffic disruptions.

alcohol poisoning in road traffic

according to [null- alcohol-voll-power.de] (https://www.null-al alcohol-voll-power.de/checken/news-und-fakten/Alzohlunfaelle-im-strassenverkehr/) has decreased the number of traffic accidents in the past decades. In 1991, 42,520 accidents were reported to alcoholized road users, while this value dropped to 13,745 in 2021. This corresponds less than a third of the 1991 incident.

Despite this decline, several thousand accidents with injuries or dead are still occurring annually due to alcohol at the wheel. The number of alcohol accidents on weekends and public holidays is particularly high, which again illustrates the dangers of driving under the influence of alcohol.