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According to a police spokesman, heavy snowfall in the region around Freiburg on Friday night caused chaotic conditions in traffic.

Roads were blocked, trees fell on the roadway and cars got stuck, the police said.

Near

Wittlingen near Lörrach

, a pedestrian was hit by a falling tree, which probably collapsed under the snow load.

The woman died a short time later from her injuries in hospital.

The 72-year-old was walking her dog when the tree hit, the police said.

Her son found her in a forest late Thursday evening.

The severely hypothermic woman was initially able to be reanimated by the police - but later died in hospital.

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Dozens of truck drivers in the

Stühlingen

area had to

spend the night in their vehicles

on federal highway 317

- the roads could no longer be sufficiently cleared of the snow masses.

It was already partially jammed in the

Schwarzwald-Baar district

and continued into the Waldshut district.

Members of the Ravensburg Volunteer Fire Brigade saw up a tree that fell from the load of snow

Source: dpa / Felix Kästle

In the

Black Forest there

was a risk of avalanches in some parts due to the snow masses.

Due to the risk of a landslide, a road in the Emmendingen district had to be closed.

Occasionally trees fell on parked cars and caused property damage.

The police warned strongly not to underestimate the danger posed by the snow masses.

Numerous trees threatened to break under the load.

The police also warned of roof avalanches.

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There

have also been numerous traffic accidents

in

Saarland

.

A police spokesman said there were more than 20 weather-related accidents from Thursday evening to early Friday morning.

It remained with sheet metal damage.

A 20-year-old novice driver in

Sankt Ingbert

lost control of his car on a snowy road and crashed into a parked car, the police said.

Eyewitnesses are said to have observed how the 20-year-old accelerated while honking his horn and drifting on the street.

Also on Friday morning, the German Weather Service (DWD) continues to warn of the risk of ice due to frost and partly frozen meltwater.