traffic - Eight injured in car accident - among them two small children
Eight people were injured in a traffic accident on the B239 in Hoxter-Fuhrstenau, five of them severely. A mother was taken to a hospital with her two three and four-year-old children, one of whom was classified as severely injured, by helicopter ambulance, according to a police spokeswoman.
The mother, who was also traveling with her 16-year-old niece, failed to notice an oncoming vehicle while making a left turn for unknown reasons. The collision caused one of the vehicles to be propelled into a waiting car.
The other injured individuals were the occupants of the cars. They were taken to the hospital in an ambulance.
The traffic accident occurred on the B239 in Höxter-Fuhrstenau, which is located in North Rhine-Westphalia. The mother, who was driving, failed to notice an oncoming vehicle while making a left turn, leading to a collision. Automatic emergency response systems were activated due to the traffic accident, dispatching multiple emergency vehicles to the scene. Despite efforts to avoid it, this car accident resulted in injuries to several individuals, including the mother and her children, as well as others in the involved vehicles.
