Is black ice the trigger?
The 18-year-old died in his father’s BMW
November 21, 2025 – 19:16Reading time: 1 minute.
A teenager drives along a country road in the morning. Then he lost control. Moments later he was no longer alive.
A novice driver went off the road in the Bayreuth district on Monday morning, hit a tree and died. The cause of the accident is unclear.
The 18-year-old teenager skidded on a country road in his BMW at around 7:40am. The young man died at the scene and, according to police, the BMW was “completely destroyed.”
The car was registered to the teenager’s father, a spokesman for the prosecutor’s office told the “Bild” newspaper.
Based on his own statement, investigators want to investigate whether black ice or excessive speed was the trigger for the fatal accident.
