Horrific accident on the A3 near Ratingen Badminton player from Bonn-Beuel dies after crash
DÜSSELDORF · In a horrific car crash on the motorway A3 near Ratingen, involving two trucks and five cars, two people have died. The Bonn-Beuel Badminton player Erik Meijs died as a result of his injuries in a clinic in Duisburg.
In a horrific car crash on the motorway A3 near Ratingen, involving two trucks and five cars, two people have died. The Bonn-Beuel Badminton player and captain of the Badminton National League Team, Erik Meijs, died as a result of his injuries in a clinic in Duisburg.
„With Erik we are losing an excellent player and an amazing person with a great character“, said the chairman of the Badminton Club 1. BC Beuel on their homepage. „Our thoughts are with Birgit, Erik's parents and his sister in this difficult time.“
The 26-year-old Dutch man, who lived in Bonn-Beuel with his girlfriend and Olympic athlete Birgit Overzier, was on the way to Mülheim to attend the training in the Badminton basecamp, which he never arrived at. „We are all in shock and learned with horror of his death“, said National League Manager Maximilian Schneider.
Erik Meijs was one of the two severely injured drivers in the accident. He was cut from the car wreck and flown to a clinic in Duisburger where he later died.
Original text: GA
Translation: Mareike Graepel
