Village blighted by fatal car crashes solves the problem after local man …

Bavarian village suffered five fatal crashes on same road in just ten months
Turned to miracle worker who claimed drivers were affected by radiation
He hung wooden boxes containing white dishes with poles along road
Since then, there have been no accidents on road for the last seven years

Simon Tomlinson for MailOnline

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15:40 GMT, 2 December 2015

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A village rocked by a series of fatal car crashes claims to have eradicated the problem – with the help of a miracle worker who ‘trapped radiation’ with wooden boxes.

The German community of Willmering in Bavaria suffered five deadly accidents on the same stretch of road in the space of just ten months.

But after failing to convince the federal authorities to impose more traditional safety measures such as a lower speed limit or a ban on overtaking, the villagers opted for an alternative solution.

After much debate, they turned to a spiritual healer, Helmut Gebert, who believed drivers were being affected by ‘invisible radiation rays’ emitted from water channels under the road.

‘Scientists would say it’s nonsense’: A village rocked by a series of fatal car crashes appears to have eradicated the problem – with the help of a miracle worker (file picture of unconnected accident)

After agreeing a fee of €1,800 (£1,200), he instructed councillors to hang wooden boxes from trees, each of which contained three circular white dishes with metal poles sticking up from the centre.

This, he claimed, would trap the offending radiation.

Since then, there have been no accidents since the fatal crashes in 2008.

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Werner Vogel, chairman of the town council, told The Local: ‘Nobody had an idea what we could do. Then Herr Gebert approached us to offer his services.

‘There was no universal acceptance, but the council decided we could afford the money.’

A car drives on a snowy road in Bavaria. A spokesman for the Bavarian Interior and Traffic Ministry insisted employing miracle workers to solve traffic problems ‘is no Bavarian idiosyncrasy’

He was at pains to explain the method, admitting that it is ‘more likely coincidence’ that the crashes had stopped.

‘Scientists would say it’s nonsense,’ he added.

A spokesman for the Bavarian Interior and Traffic Ministry insisted employing miracle workers to solve traffic problems ‘is no Bavarian idiosyncrasy.’

They added: ‘The police, in cooperation with the local community, review a number of measures when dealing with traffic accidents, including establishing speed limits.’