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18-year-old loses control of BMW on A1 near Neuenhof
An 18-year-old driver crashed a BMW M3 on the A1 near Neuenhof in Switzerland’s canton of Aargau on Wednesday evening.
He was travelling towards Bern when he tried to change lanes and accelerate.
The car’s rear slid out on the wet road, sending it into a skid.
It struck an impact attenuator by the motorway exit and scraped along a guardrail.
No one was injured, but the car and the attenuator were badly damaged.
Police reported the driver to prosecutors and temporarily took away his probationary licence.
An 18-year-old driver lost control of a BMW M3 Competition on the A1 near Neuenhof in the Swiss canton of Aargau.
The car skidded and hit an impact attenuator near the motorway exit.
The crash happened as the driver changed lanes and accelerated on a wet road.
No one was injured, but the car and the attenuator were badly damaged.
Police reported the driver to the public prosecutor and provisionally took away his probationary licence.
- Who
- An 18-year-old novice driver.
- What
- He lost control of a BMW M3 Competition, which hit an impact attenuator.
- When
- Wednesday evening at 20:45.
- Where
- The A1 near Neuenhof in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland.
- Why
- He was changing lanes and accelerated on the wet road; the car’s rear broke away.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The driver changed lanes and accelerated on the wet A1 near Neuenhof, then lost control and hit an impact attenuator.
Aargau cantonal police reported the crash and said the driver had been reported to the public prosecutor and his probationary licence provisionally taken away.
- Driver
- 18-year-old novice driver
- Car
- BMW M3 Competition
- Engine power
- 500 horsepower
- Location
- A1 near Neuenhof, canton of Aargau
- Crash time
- 20:45 on Wednesday
- Injuries
- Nobody was injured