Overview
- Near Schenklengsfeld, a 19-year-old slid off an icy road and the car overturned multiple times, leaving the driver and his 20-year-old passenger seriously injured and hospitalized, according to police.
- By Neckarsteinach, an 18-year-old attempting to overtake a transporter drove down an embankment and hit a tree, and a 16-year-old passenger sustained minor injuries treated at the scene.
- Police said the Neckarsteinach car was a total loss with damage estimated at €20,000, and two tow trucks were needed for recovery.
- Authorities reported numerous ice-related traffic accidents across the region as temperatures dropped below freezing.
- Officials attributed the loss of control in the highlighted crashes to winter-slick conditions on untreated stretches of road.