Two young people died in an accident in a parking garage in Essen. A daring driving maneuver could have been to blame.
Food – It’s a sad picture. Yellow markings that the local police placed on the top deck of a car park in Essen record what terrible happened there on Easter Sunday. Because two young people fell with their car unchecked and died. But how did such a tragic accident happen?
Car crashes out of the parking garage: young people fall unchecked into the depths
The accident is said to have happened around 7:20 p.m. on Easter Sunday. According to the fire brigade, the VW Golf, with which the two young people were traveling on the evening of the holiday, fell almost 18 meters from the top area of the multi-storey car park in the Essen district of Borbeck and finally hit the sidewalk. When the rescue workers opened the smashed vehicle, they found the two occupants – two young men aged 16 and 19 – unresponsive. Both were immediately taken to the hospital, where they were pronounced dead after all attempts at resuscitation failed, according to the fire department.
Car falls out of parking garage: Risky driving maneuver to blame for the accident?
According to reports from the fire brigade, it is not yet certain which of the two young people was driving the vehicle, but there are still some theories about the background to the accident. Because on the parking deck, drivers are often supposed to practice daring maneuvers and tricks. Like a local resident opposite bild.de explained, young drivers in particular should often remove the barriers on the top floor in order to drift with their cars. A police spokesman confirmed to the newspaper that such a drift attempt could probably have been to blame for the accident between the two teenagers.
Drifting is probably best known from action films and describes a driving technique in which a car swerves backwards when taking a sharp curve. Such a stunt may look impressive in Fast & Furious and other Hollywood blockbusters, but it can quickly become dangerous in real life. It is sad that a risky car trick ended up costing two young people their lives. (le with dpa)
On the Easter weekend there was also a serious accident in the district of Ansbach, in which a cyclist died. A similar accident near Schiltberg, however, continues to raise questions.
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