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Three seriously injured in traffic accident near Gernsheim

Three people were seriously injured in a collision between two cars near Gernsheim in southern Hesse on Saturday. According to the police, a 27-year-old driver was trapped in his car and had to be rescued by the fire department. A married couple were sitting in the second car involved in the...

An ambulance on a mission. Photo.aussiedlerbote.de
An ambulance on a mission. Photo.aussiedlerbote.de

Police - Three seriously injured in traffic accident near Gernsheim

Three people were seriously injured in a collision between two cars near Gernsheim in southern Hesse on Saturday. According to the police, a 27-year-old driver was trapped in his car and had to be rescued by the fire department. A married couple were sitting in the second car involved in the accident. The 55-year-old woman and the 66-year-old man were able to free themselves from the vehicle after the crash on the Bundesstraße 426, said a police spokesperson.

"Several ambulances, emergency doctors and two rescue helicopters were deployed to treat the injured", the statement said. The two cars were completely destroyed. According to the statement, an expert was called in to reconstruct the cause of the accident.

Police statement

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The traffic accident occurred on a busy road in Southern Hesse, specifically on the Bundesstraße 426. The fire department was needed to extricate the trapped driver, a 27-year-old man, from one of the damaged vehicles. Fortunately, the married couple in the second car managed to self-extricate after the collision. Regrettably, both cars were utterly destroyed in the collision. The police are working with an expert to determine the cause of the accidents, involving two vehicles and resulting in three serious injuries.

Source: www.stern.de

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