Overview
- The 41-year-old from Gundelsheim died on Thursday after suffering critical injuries in a Monday accident, police confirmed.
- The branch snapped under the weight of heavy snowfall on a bike path along Kemmererstraße near the street Am Hirschknock.
- Doctors attempted an emergency operation to save the man, but he later succumbed to his injuries in the hospital.
- The case marks at least the second recent fatality linked to falling branches in the region after a 77-year-old woman died in Nuremberg earlier in the week.
- Police and local authorities have repeatedly cautioned residents about the risk from breaking trees and branches during the persistent snow.