Overview
- Investigators say preliminary traces indicate the car crossed into the oncoming lane before a head-on collision with a truck between Trier and Bitburg at Windmühle on Tuesday morning.
- Three people in the car—a 45-year-old man, a 42-year-old woman, and a seven-year-old girl—died at the scene, and the 53-year-old truck driver also died.
- Police have not determined why the car left its lane, and the cause of the crash remains under investigation.
- Police K9 handlers and private organizations have searched the area for a dog believed to have been in the car, with no signs of the animal found in the vehicle so far.
- The B51 was fully closed during emergency operations and scene work.