Driver with 2.8 per mille fatally strikes man helping at crash site

A 65-year-old man stopped by a road in the Westerwald to help a woman involved in a wildlife collision. He died moments later when a passing van hit him as he walked back to his own vehicle.

The crash happened on Kreisstraße 86 between the Krombachtalsperre reservoir and Driedorf-Mademühlen in the Lahn-Dill district. Police said the man had pulled over at the roadside after the accident, then returned on foot to his car.

The 37-year-old driver of a small van struck the helper and then collided with the man’s parked vehicle. The 65-year-old died at the scene.

An alcohol breath test found 2.8 per mille in the van driver, according to police. The public prosecutor’s office ordered a blood test, while an expert was brought in to establish the exact course of the accident.