Upper Palatinate: Car hits pedestrians – rescue helicopter springs into action



The rescue helicopter had to take the injured person to the hospital. (symbolic photo)
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An 86-year-old pedestrian was hit by a car in Rieden, Upper Saxony, and seriously injured. He was hit while crossing the road at a bus stop on Saturday evening, a police spokesman said. The driver had time to brake but was no longer able to avoid the collision. Rescue helicopters took injured people to hospitals.

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