New Investigation Results on Barmen Accident - Correction of the Press Release

Further investigations revealed that the accident occurred differently than initially reported. At the time of the accident, a 39-year-old woman from Jülich was driving her car on the K 6, coming from Barmen, in the direction of Koslar. When she noticed that the road was becoming slippery, she reduced her speed. A 44-year-old woman from Jülich, who was driving her car behind the 39-year-old, noticed this, braked, and slid into oncoming traffic. Here she collided with the oncoming car of a 37-year-old woman from Niederzier, who was driving from Koslar in the direction of Barmen. The impact caused the 44-year-old's vehicle to be thrown back against the car of the 39-year-old wo