The tragedy occurred on Thursday, 1 December, at kilometre 15 of the A4 motorway (near the village of Strzelno, Zgorzelec County). Before 6:00 a.m., the driver of a Volkswagen Golf passenger car—a 30-year-old woman from Bolesławiec—stopped on the emergency lane. A passenger got out of the car. Moments later, for unknown reasons, a van driver hit the car belonging to the woman from Bolesławiec. The woman died at the scene. The other people involved in the incident sustained no injuries.
Police are investigating the circumstances of the tragedy. The road is blocked, and a detour via Godzieszów has been designated.