A3 in NRW: Porsche accident – four dead! Police express suspicion

Dramatic accident on the A3 in NRW on Sunday (March 26)! On the Autobahn near Elten in Kleve, there were terrible scenes in the morning that cost the lives of four people.

After a Porsche driver had an accident on the A3, there was a chain of fatal circumstances.

A3 in NRW: Porsche driver had an accident – ​​first responders also died

According to the Düsseldorf police, the accident on the A3 in North Rhine-Westphalia took its course at around 10.50 a.m. A 42-year-old man and his passenger were driving in a Porsche Cayman on the A3 towards Cologne when the Dutchman lost control of the car at the Elten junction. The Porsche left the road and ended up in a ditch.

Provide first aid – you can do that!

• Secure the scene of the accident and dial the emergency number 112 or 110
• monitor the casualty’s vital functions
• in case of emergency: start resuscitation, stop bleeding, stable side position

A first responder (39) stopped to free the two occupants from the accident car. Then the first responders and the 42-year-old driver and his passenger (37) returned to the hard shoulder.

Exactly at this moment the next serious accident happened. Again a Porsche (911) was involved. Again, the driver (56) lost control on the wet road for unknown reasons. And the car should just rush into the group of people on the hard shoulder. The first responder and the passenger from the Cayman died at the scene of the accident.

A3 in NRW: four Dutch dead

After the 56-year-old caught the three people waiting on the hard shoulder, the Porsche 911 collided with a crash barrier. The 42-year-old driver of the Porsche Cayman died a little later from his injuries, as did the driver of the Porsche 911.

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A traffic accident recording team secured the tracks on site. The A3 in North Rhine-Westphalia was closed for hours after the accident. The roadway has now been reopened. The investigation into the cause of the accident is ongoing. The previous suspicion of the police: Heavy rain could have played a role, the police said. There is no evidence of an illegal car race. The vehicles involved were all on the road with Dutch license plates. Officials believe it was a group.