Rheingau
A 30-year-old car driver caused considerable damage because she wanted to avoid a fox crossing the lane on the state road between Wüstems and Oberems in the Rheingau-Taunus district.
The woman was on a test drive in a Ferrari, and her maneuver ended roughly off the road.
The badly damaged luxury car had to be towed.
The police estimated the damage at 280,000 euros.
Fuchs and his wife were unharmed.
Butzbach.
The Wetterau criminal police had already seized several kilograms of narcotics last Tuesday, June 1st, during an apartment search in the Hoch-Weisel district of Butzbach. In addition, three alarm pistols and prescription drugs were found. Two men, 58 and 25 years old, were then provisionally arrested. They are strongly suspected of having illegally traded the narcotics. In addition to various drugs, hashish and psychoactive mushrooms, the investigators also found around 1700 grams of marijuana and almost 700 grams of amphetamine. The men were brought before the responsible district court in Friedberg last Wednesday, June 2, and have been in custody ever since. The investigation has not yet been completed.
Raunheim.
A police officer was slightly injured after a chase on the A3 near Raunheim.
A police patrol wanted to stop a 33-year-old driver for a routine check on Tuesday evening, the police announced on Wednesday.
The man then accelerated and drove past the control point.
According to the police, the officers went into pursuit and called for reinforcements.
At the exit to federal highway 43, the man drove off the autobahn.
A police car was already waiting there.
The thirty-three year old hit the back of the patrol car.
One policeman was slightly injured.
Why the man fled from the police control was initially unclear.
Munzenberg.
A regional train crashed into a fallen tree near Munzenberg (Wetteraukreis). No one was injured in the accident on the Gießen-Butzbach route on Tuesday evening, as announced by the Munzenberg fire department and the Hessische Landesbahn (HLB). The windshield was destroyed and the pantograph on the train was damaged. The engine driver had initiated an emergency brake and ducked in good time. According to the fire brigade, 56 passengers, the engine driver and four train attendants were on board, the HLB reported around 70 passengers. The train occupants were brought to Butzbach station by bus. Since the overhead line was also damaged, the line had to be closed first. The HLB said on Wednesday that it has been single-tracked again since early morning. However, delays must still be expected.
Bürstadt.
A drunk woman driver hit a tree on the B47 federal road near Bürstadt (Bergstrasse district) and was slightly injured. The 57-year-old woman walked off the right side of the road on Wednesday night and hit the tree, the police said. In the collision, she was trapped and then released by the fire brigade. She was taken to hospital with minor injuries. There was a total write-off on the car. According to the police, an alcohol test showed a blood alcohol level of 1.58. The B47 was closed for two hours due to salvage work.
Neuenstein.
In the case of a truck fire at a petrol station in Neuenstein (Hersfeld-Rotenburg district) on the A7, according to initial findings, property damage amounting to around 100,000 euros occurred. The vehicle burned out completely on Wednesday night, according to a police spokesman in Fulda. The driver was not in the cab and was therefore uninjured. The cause of the fire was a technical defect.