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Court-Appointed Expert Joins Probe Into Two Severe Motorcycle Crashes in Bavaria

Investigators have closed the Engelthal–Kruppach route for forensic work with all injured parties still hospitalized.

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Overview

  • On August 10, an 83-year-old driver’s Mercedes drifted into oncoming traffic on a curve near Engelthal and collided with two members of an eight-rider motorcycle group.
  • The 45- and 62-year-old riders were critically injured and airlifted by helicopter to nearby hospitals.
  • Later that evening near Pfuhl, a 22-year-old motorcyclist overtaking three cars collided with a Mercedes turning onto a field road and suffered multiple fractures.
  • Police from Hersbruck and Mittelfranken have launched formal inquiries supported by a court-appointed forensic expert to determine the causes of both crashes.
  • Local fire brigades and rescue services secured and illuminated both accident scenes while all injured persons remain under treatment in hospital.