Autonomous driving was not possible in the BMW test vehicle involved in the accident at the time of the accident in the Swabian Jura. This was announced by the public prosecutor and the police on Wednesday after examining the test vehicle.
Römerstein (dpa / lsw) - Three experts, specialists from the Tübingen traffic police and the LKA, as well as engineers from the manufacturer were involved in the assessment. One person died and nine people were seriously injured in the clash on Monday. The investigation into the cause of the accident continued.
Now the data read from the test vehicle would have to be evaluated and the driver of the test vehicle would also have to be heard, said a spokesman. "It takes time."
The accident happened on Monday on federal highway 28. According to the police, the 43-year-old driver of the test car was traveling with four other people on board near Römerstein in the Reutlingen district. In a curve, the car came into the oncoming lane and grazed a car. The car then crashed head-on into another car. This vehicle also left the road - and immediately caught fire. The test car collided with another car. The 33-year-old passenger in the car suffered fatal injuries.
According to the police, there were two men aged 31 and 47 in the test car next to the driver, as well as a 42-year-old and a one-and-a-half-year-old child. Like the other people involved in the accident, they were taken to hospital with serious injuries.
