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Motorcyclist critically injured in Berlin A 111 highway collision

A routine evening commute turned tragic when a young rider collided with two vehicles. Now, Berlin's traffic crimes unit is piecing together what went wrong.

The image shows a group of people standing around a motorcycle that has been involved in a crash on...
The image shows a group of people standing around a motorcycle that has been involved in a crash on the side of the road. There are several vehicles on the road, including a truck, and in the background there are trees, poles, lights, boards, and the sky.

Motorcyclist critically injured in Berlin A 111 highway collision

A motorcyclist was injured in a traffic accident in Charlottenburg-Nord yesterday afternoon. According to initial findings, the 20-year-old was riding in the center lane between the right and left lanes of the A 111 federal highway near the Heckerdamm exit and the Charlottenburg interchange shortly before 5 p.m. when traffic was slow-moving. He collided with a 38-year-old driver's Volvo traveling in the left lane, lost control, and then skidded into a 35-year-old's Volkswagen in the right lane.

Emergency responders rushed the 20-year-old to a hospital with multiple fractures for inpatient treatment. The accident scene was completely closed from 5:10 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. while authorities conducted their investigation. The case has since been handed over to the specialized traffic crimes unit of Police Directorate 2 (West).

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