A surprising accident took place on Friday evening in the canton of Aargau, on a road near Lengnau. Around 9:30 p.m., a motorist hit a car which was on the road, stopped and with all its lights off.
The impact was violent and the two cars involved suffered significant damage, indicated the Aargau cantonal police on Tuesday, supporting photo. But no one was hurt. In the stationary car was a 58-year-old female driver. In the one that crashed into him, a 64-year-old man.
Reason for this accident? “According to initial findings, the electric vehicle completely switched off, which explains why the following motorist noticed the vehicle stationary and unlit too late and why the collision occurred,” write the police forces. ‘order.
The affected road, Surbtalstrasse, had to be closed for two hours. The Aargau cantonal police have opened an investigation to clarify the exact circumstances of the accident.
How to explain this case? First of all, it is in any case unique and unprecedented in the canton, the police told the “Aargauer zeitung”.
The German-speaking daily puts forward the possibility that the car concerned, a Kia EV6, could be one of the models which were recalled by the manufacturer last year for, precisely, possible technical defects with effects on the battery.
But nothing is confirmed at this stage, the investigation will have to determine this.
