
An unusual accident occurred on Sunday in the Rhön: The passenger on a motorcycle fell backwards from her seat while accelerating.
Tann – The 32-year-old driver and his 26-year-old passenger – both from Thuringia – were on their Kawasaki in the Rhön on Sunday afternoon (May 3rd). The accident happened at around 1:40 p.m. between Tann-Knottenhof and the Thuringian state border.
A motorcyclist in the Rhön falls backwards from her bike
According to the police report, the driver accelerated his motorcycle, the young woman in the passenger seat was unable to hold on sufficiently and fell backwards from the motorcycle onto the road. She was taken to hospital by the emergency services for an evaluation, but was able to leave shortly afterwards with only minor injuries.
The fact that nothing serious happened could be due, among other things, to the fact that she was wearing full protective clothing at the time of the accident, as the police say.
Meanwhile, there was less luck a cyclist who was on the way to the Wasserkuppe. He was seriously injured in a fall.




