Overview
- Police say the collision occurred around 7:25 a.m. on Staatsstraße 2376 when an 18-year-old tractor driver turning left from Wagenbühl failed to yield to an oncoming car.
- The car, driven by a 22-year-old heading from Wegscheidel toward Ermengerst, struck the tractor’s front-loader.
- The motorist was initially trapped, freed himself shortly afterward, and was taken to hospital with serious injuries.
- The tractor driver was reported uninjured, the car was declared an economic total loss estimated at about €15,000, and the tractor sustained no reported damage.
- Emergency services including 40 volunteer firefighters secured the scene, the state road was closed for roughly an hour, and further inquiries are being led by the Verkehrspolizeiinspektion Kempten.