Terrible accident on L177: bus collides with car!

Terrible accident on L177: bus collides with car!

A serious accident occurred on July 15, 2025 at 3:19 p.m. on the L177 between Oberleuken and Orscholz. According to Blaulichtreport Saarland, a bus and a car collided in a head-on or side collision. The force of the impact caused the car to be thrown into the ditch.

Both vehicles suffered significant damage and were no longer drivable. While there were no passengers on the bus at the time of the accident, it remains unclear whether the bus driver or the car driver suffered injuries. The investigation into the cause of the accident is ongoing.

Consequences and emergency services

The L177 was completely closed to through traffic and a large diversion was put in place. The rescue and clean-up work, which involved several ambulances, emergency doctors and numerous units of the volunteer fire department from Perl as well as the fire chief from the community of Perl, was expected to last until the early evening hours. This incident came just days after a fatal traffic accident in which a 25-year-old biker died on the road between Sinz and Oberleuken, underlining the drama of the last week in the region.

Similar incidents on Highway 177 can be seen in another accident that occurred on July 30, 2024 between Königsfeld and Peterzell. According to Schwarzwälder Bote, four people, including two small children, were injured. injured. The cause of the accident was a driver who had to brake because of an oncoming agricultural vehicle and was rear-ended by the driver following a Hyundai. The injured were cared for by the Red Cross and taken to a nearby hospital, while the fire department from Peterzell and surrounding communities secured the accident site and cleaned up any leaked vehicle fluids.

The re-emerging risk of road accidents on the L177 requires increased attention from all road users to ensure road safety.