Heart attack as a possible cause of accident Truck driver dies on highway

With semitrailer on highway: truck driver dies at the wheel - possibly heart attack
Recently, an accident was reported in which a motorist caused an accident after a heart attack at the wheel. At the weekend, a truck driver was found dead in his vehicle. The cause of death was possibly a heart attack.

Heart attack as a possible cause of death
As the highway police station Straubing-Kirchroth (Bavaria) tells, was found on Saturday morning, a 56-year-old truck driver after an accident on the A3 dead in the cab of his vehicle. According to the information, the semitrailer was just before the junction Schwarzach (Straubing-Bogen district) slowly off the lane to the right and about 200 meters along the outer guard rail along along, before he came to a halt. According to the police, the examination of the emergency medical officer and the signs of the accident indicate a health problem such as a heart attack in the driver.

At the weekend, a truck driver in Bavaria was found dead after an accident in his vehicle. Cause of death could have been a heart attack. (Image: Tomasz Zajda / fotolia.com)

Heart attack often announces itself
According to health experts, more than 300,000 people in Germany suffer a heart attack every year. Although many people from a "clear sky" are hit by a heart attack, but often there are already in the days or weeks before warning signs that unfortunately often go undetected.

Detect warning signals
Detecting a heart attack quickly can sometimes be life-saving. Alarm signs include chest pain, sometimes with radiance in the left arm or the lower jaw, which subside after a few minutes.

Sometimes leg pain also indicates a sudden heart attack. When the pain is related to atherosclerosis (arteriosclerosis) (ad)