A black BMW being driven by an 18-year-old was travelling along the Frankfurter Landstraße on Saturday, 29th July, 2017 at 11.41pm. On turning into the Homburger Landstraße the car for some unknown reason ended up travelling towarsds the middle of the road and in doing so hit the traffic lights. These were pulled out of their anchorage, causing €13,000 of damage.
Accident on wet road
August 4, 2017 By Leave a Comment
On Tuesday, 25th July, 2017 at 5.10pm a 26-year-old driver was travelling in his BMW 3 series along the Niederstedter Straße towards Bad Homburg, when he came of the road at a curve. The road was wet and according to police he failed to adjust his speed.
The car hit a tree, leaving the driver injured. He was taken to hospital in an ambulance. The car is a write-off, with the damage estimated at €2.500.
Car damaged in the Weilstraße
July 27, 2017 By Leave a Comment
A black BMW has been damaged sometime between Friday, 21st July 11pm and Saturday, 22nd July, 2017, 6.50pm.
The car was parked on the left-hand-side of the Weilstraße in front of house number 22. The rear bumper was damaged, although police do not know how it happened as the driver who caused the accident left without leaving their details.
Police are now asking for witnesses to call them on 06171 62400.
B456 closed this morning, one dead
July 4, 2017 By Leave a Comment
The B456 road connecting Oberursel with Bad Homburg was closed this morning, Tuesday, 4th July, 2017, after an accident.
A 73-year-old man from Hanau was driving his BMW towards Dornholzhausen when, near the Oberstedten exit, he hit the oncoming traffic, first hitting a VW driven by a 60-year-old man. The VW hit the crash barrier and bounced back onto the road.
Meanwhile the BMW continued on the left-hand side of the road and hit another VW, driven by a 26-year-old woman from Bad Homburg, head on. Both drivers were stuck in their vehicles and had to be freed by the emergency services.
The 73-year-old was unconscious at the scene and later died in hospital. The 26-year-old was taken to hospital with serious injuries, although these are not said to be life-threatening.
Three ambulances, two emergency doctors and a number of police and the fire brigade all attended. The road was closed from 7am until 9.30am, causing a considerable amount of traffic to travel through Bad Homburg instead.
Cars windows damaged
March 25, 2016 By Leave a Comment
On the night of the 22nd March, 2016, a BMW in the Wiesenaustraße, a Ford Galaxy in the “Kleine Schmieh” and a Mercedes E-Class were either broken into or an attempt was made.
In each case those responsible forced one of the side windows in an attempt to cause them to shatter.
Nothing was stolen from the vehicles, but the damage is estimated at €2,000.
Car damaged on supermarket car park – witnesses sought
February 17, 2014 By Leave a Comment
A 54-year-old driver of a blue BMW returned to his parked car in a supermarket car park in the Zimmersmühlenweg to discover scratches on the rear right-hand side bumper.
The car had been parked between 12.30pm and 1.30pm in the car park on Saturday, 18th January, 2014 and the cost of the damage is put at 700EUR.
As the person who caused the damage left without dealing with it, police in Oberursel are asking for witnesses to come forward and call them on 06171 62400.
BMW came off the Kanonenstrasse
January 17, 2014 By Leave a Comment
A 40-year-old woman from near Weilburg was travelling along the “Kanonenstsraße” in a BMW just before 1am on Thursday, 9th January, 2014. At the 6.9km mark in one of the curves, the car left the road and rolled over, landing in a ditch. The driver suffered head injuries and was taken to hospital.
Accident investigators discovered that the driver was under the influence of a considerable amount of alcohol and did not have a driving license. A blood sample was taken, and the damage is estimated at around €10,000.
