A politician and a ministry employee are involved in the fatal bobsled accident in Oberhof, Thuringia. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, State Secretary Torsten Weil from the Left Party is in the vehicle.
State Secretary Torsten Weil was also in the four-man bobsled that was involved in the accident on the luge track in Oberhof in Thuringia. This was confirmed by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Agriculture. The other passengers of the left-wing politician were an employee of the ministry and an employee of Thuringia Forest. The bob was steered by a professional bobsledder.
On Thursday evening, a 45-year-old man died in the accident about 50 kilometers south-east of Erfurt. He suffered such serious injuries that he died in hospital, police said. A 41-year-old was also seriously injured. According to the previous investigations, the guest bobsled had run into two hose rings, so-called ice tubes, in the finish area. The man who was killed is said to have been in one of these hose rings, with which laypeople can also use the railway.
Minister Susanna Karawanskij from the Left Party said, according to a statement: "On behalf of the Thuringian Ministry of Infrastructure and the State Forestry Agency, I express our deepest sympathy to the relatives. Our thoughts are with the relatives who have lost a loved one. We wish the injured a lot Strength to cope with the events and speedy recovery. A big thank you to the emergency services and helpers who provided all kinds of assistance on site last night."
