Motorcyclist brakes too hard on seeing radar in Neuchatel
NEUCHATEL, SWITZERLAND – A motorcyclist going 107 kph in an 80 zone suddenly spotted a radar Sunday 2 October and hit the brakes – a little too hard, and over he went.
The radar caught him hitting the ground. Miraculously, he wasn’t injured, except for his pride and his pocketbook for he now faces a hefty fine and is likely to see his license lifted for three months.
Police in Neuchatel say they caught 18 motorcyclists speeding, in two radar checks in the canton’s mountains last Sunday. They are urging motorcyclists to use greater caution.
Motorcyclist killed on the Sierre-Montana road Saturday afternoon, just below the area where the Tohu Bohu music festival is taking place this weekend
SION, SWITZERLAND – A 34-year-old Portuguese man was killed at 15:15 Saturday 10 September in Sierre when his motorcycle collided with a car.
The driver of the car, a 49-year-old woman from Appenzell, had slowed down to make a left turn as she came down the hill when the right side of her car hit the motorcyclist, who was climbing the hill.
The man died at the scene of the accident.
The Route de Riondaz, where the accident occurred, runs from Sierre to Montana, part of the Crans-Montana resort. The accident occurred just below Murraz-Miege, where the Tohu Bohu open air music festival is being held this weekend.
Murderer remains at large after Monday morning shooting
TPG tram in Geneva; maintenance manager shot and killed at work
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A 51-year-old Frenchman who was a maintenance department manager for the TPG public transport company was shot and killed at work Monday moring 22 August, at 10:00.
The murderer arrived on a motorcycle, wearing a helmet and kept the helmet on while he walked into the office area. He shot his victim, then left on his motorcycle.
Police have a number of clues but the killer remains at large. A number of co-workers who were present at the time of the shooting are being given counseling.
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Two people were killed this weekend in mountain accidents. A 68-year-old German motorcyclist was killed Sunday afternoon 14 August at the Maloja Pass in canton Graubuenden and his 62-year-old passenger injured when he crashed while passing a caravan being pulled by a car shortly before the final bend at the top of the pass. Initial reports indicate that he hit the left rearview mirror on the car and crashed into the guardrail on the left.
Sunday at 10:35 a climber lost her life in a fall in the area of the Festi-kin-Luecke near Randa, in canton Valais. She was climbing at 3,650 metres and was not roped. Canton Valais police have not released details while identification is underway. They are investigating the cause of the accident, which was unclear initially.
Update 5 August 13:00 LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – A motorcyclist died shortly after midnight Friday morning at the Chuv university hospitals in Lausanne following an accident near Ollon, canton Vaud. The 38-year-old Valais man was passing a line of cars on the cantonal road between Aigle and Bex Thursday evening at 20:18 when a car began to turn left and he hit the car at full speed.
The driver of the car suffered hand and eye injuries and was taken to a local hospital.
The critically injured man was airlifted to the Chuv and Vaud police closed the road to investigate. Anyone who can provide information to clarify how the accident occurred is asked to contact police at +41 21 644 4444 or to go to the nearest police station.
LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – A 17-year-old motorcyclist was killed over the weekend in canton Vaud after he hit a car that was coming onto a bridge, for reasons that are not clear. The accident occurred on the road between Essertines-sur-Yverdon and La Robellaz at 18:40 Saturday 9 July.
The motorcycle skidded along the road after hitting the car, before the youth was thrown, landing in the riverbed below the road. Emergency services arrived quickly but he died at the scene of the accident.
The driver of the car was a 38-year-old Valais man who lives in the region. The road was closed for the investigation until nearly midnight.
Cyclist attacked by dog on VTT trail near Ste Croix
LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – A 27-year-old canton Geneva man is in critical condition following an early morning crash next to the Coppet autoroute exit. He was heading in the direction of the lake on the main road at 06:40 when, for reasons that are not clear, he ran a red light. He hit a car coming off the autoroute and was thrown heavily to the pavement.
Passing motorists provided first aid and an ambulance was called; the man was taken by Rega helicopter to the Hug, Geneva university hospitals.
Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Police in canton Vaud are seeking witnesses to the events surrounding the death of a motorcyclist Sunday afternoon at 14:45 on the cantonal highway at Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne. The young man, in his 20s, was traveling with another young motorcyclist when a farm truck driver, a man in his early 30s, cut in front of the first biker as the truck driver turned into a small road where he was planning to load some animals. The driver told police he never saw the bike coming.
The motorcyclist, who could not avoid the truck, died at the scene of the accident. His companion, who had time to stop, was not hurt but is being treated for shock.
The pair were headed in the direction of Sullens and first bike driver had just come out of the roundabout at Pâquis and was accelerating when he passed a car, before the Boussens intersection.
Police would like to interview the driver of the car that was passed and are asking any witnesses to contact them at 021 644 4444 or to go to the nearest police station.
Sion, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – A 53-year-old Swiss man from canton Uri died in a head-on collision on the Route de Furka, near Fiesch in the Goms (Conches) valley Sunday 19 September. He was heading away from the pass, towards Niederwald, when he tried to overtake a car near a left bend in the road and he crashed into an oncoming car. The busy, winding and narrow road, very popular with tourists on the long holiday weekend, was closed to traffic from 12:45 to 15:10. The Route de Furka links canton Valais with canton Uri via the Furka pass, which runs alongside the Rhone glacier.
The accident took place not far from the site of a train accident in late July 2010 that killed one person and injured 42.
Morges, Vaud, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – A 20-year-old became the third person in four days to die on roads in canton Vaud when he lost control of his motorcycle Tuesday morning 20 April and crashed into a telephone pole. He died at the scene, shortly after the accident at 08:30, between Reverolle and Vaux-sur-Morges. Police investigating the accident say he was traveling too fast on a road with gravel.
Deadly weekend on region’s roads: high speed chase death, two accidents
Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – A high-speed chase in the early hours of Sunday led to the shooting death of one of the thieves of three luxury cars, a 20-year-old French man, resident in France. The cars were stolen from a garage in canton Bern, and police there quickly alerted their colleagues in cantons Fribourg and Vaud when the cars were spotted traveling at high speed towards Lausanne. The first two cars pulled over and the thieves abandoned them when they realized they were being chased. The third car stopped near a roadblock in the Sévaz tunnel near Broye.
A Vaud police officer, seeing the car coming at high speed, shot at it, killing the passenger.
Bellevue, Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Geneva police are asking witnesses of an accident that took place Tuesday morning 10 November on the Route de Lausanne in Bellevue to contact them. A motorcyclist, a Genevan, age 76, was heading from Versoix towards Geneva when a woman, Cuban, age 52, pulled out of a side road at numbers 317-319 on the main road. The man, surprised by the car, braked suddenly and skidded on the wet pavement, into a minibus heading in the direction of Lausanne, driven by a Portuguese, age 47. The motorcyclist was airlifted by Rega to a hospital, where he remains in critical condition. Police contact: +41 22 307 91 11.
Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The A1 autoroute at the Villars-Ste-Croix/Crissier junction near Lausanne was closed Sunday afternoon shortly after a 22-year-old Vaud motorcyclist was killed when his bike went off the road for reasons that are not yet clear. The young man was heading in the direction of Crissier when his bike went into a post that is part of the security barrier in the centre of the road.
