Accident on the A81 near Heilbronn: suspected illegal car racing

After an accident on Autobahn 81 in the Heilbronn district, the police have evidence of an illegal car race.

After evaluating video recordings, two cars were driving significantly too fast between the Ilsfeld and Mundelsheim junctions in the direction of Würzburg on Friday morning, the police said. The drivers are said to have changed lanes several times and overtaken each other on the right. Eventually one of the cars crashed into the rear of an uninvolved truck. According to police, the car then caught fire.

According to reports, the truck driver suffered moderate injuries and the car driver suffered minor injuries in the accident. Both were taken to the hospital. The unknown driver of the second car fled the scene of the accident. The A81 was closed for several hours.