Kassel/Fulda/Offenbach (dpa/lhe) - There have been several accidents in northern and eastern Hesse due to the winter weather. A spokeswoman for the East Hesse police headquarters reported on Wednesday morning slippery accidents in the low double-digit range. There was primarily body damage, there were no serious injuries. On a country road near Neuhof (Fulda district), a car slid against a bus on Wednesday morning. The driver was injured. A truck and a car collided near Poppenhausen (Wasserkuppe) on Wednesday morning, one person was slightly injured.
A police spokesman in Kassel said that there were accidents in northern Hesse on Wednesday, like every morning, but no particular accumulation. On Tuesday evening, the police headquarters in North Hesse reported 24 traffic accidents, which, according to the information, were mostly due to snow. There were two slightly injured.
The German Weather Service (DWD) forecast widespread snow and ice in Hesse for Wednesday morning. It's supposed to rain from noon. The maximum values are between two and four degrees in the north and five to eight degrees in the south. In the night to Thursday it will be rainy, in the very north of the country some snow and ice can not be ruled out. It's supposed to be gray and wet on Thursday. The temperatures reach five degrees in the north and twelve degrees south of the Main.
The situation is similar on Friday with dense clouds and occasional rain. According to the DWD, temperatures should rise to 11 degrees in the north and 14 degrees in the south. Strong to stormy gusts are possible in the afternoon.
