- Vehicle flips over during journey towards parking area - four individuals sustaining injuries.
Three individuals on the truck bed experienced an accident when a pickup truck flipped over during a turn in a Hof, Upper Franconia parking lot. At least four people were wounded, with one suffering severely. The 29-year-old driver was attempting to navigate around a shopping cart shelter on the supermarket parking lot on Monday evening, as per the police report. During a 180-degree turn, the vehicle tumbled. Two 25-year-old males and a 21-year-old female on the truck bed bailed out and sustained injuries. The men endured minor wounds, while the woman encountered a concussion alongside other damage.
The driver was allegedly not buckled up and incurred severe leg wounds. He wasn't under the influence of alcohol or drugs, as preliminary studies suggested. Both the driver and the 21-year-old were transported to the hospital. The driver is under investigation for endangering others recklessly, alongside other charges. The police asserted that he probably performed an excessively tight 180-degree turn and was probably driving too fast. The vehicle was declared a total loss.
The accident occurred near a shopping cart shelter located in the supermarket's loading area. The two individuals who bailed out before the truck flip were fortunate enough to seek medical attention at the loading area of a nearby hospital.