Traffic: Serious injury while waiting for tow truck



It was initially unclear why both cars left the road at the corner. (symbol image)
© Stefan Puchner/​dpa

A 37 year old mother suffered serious injuries on the side of the road while waiting for a tow truck. His nine-year-old daughter suffered minor injuries in an accident near Hilders (Fulda district) on Sunday, he said in a statement. POLICE. A 21-year-old man who left the road in his car and hit the car of a 37-year-old man who was waiting in a nearby green area, suffered minor injuries.

According to police, the driver initially veered off the road at a sharp right-to-left bend shortly behind the Thuringian-Hesse state border and stopped in a green area. As she waited beside her car for a towing service, the 21-year-old man also left the road at the same point and hit the woman’s car. He was standing right next to his car and was trapped underneath it. Paramedics rescued and revived the woman before she was taken to hospital. Her daughter and the driver of the second car were also taken to hospital with minor injuries.

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