Driver with baby has an accident: tree prevents car from falling into river. “Thank God the car was held up by a tree just before the Selbitz, so it didn’t fall into the water,” rescue operations manager Thorsten Popp said.

The five-month-old baby was secured in the baby seat and, according to Popp, appeared to be uninjured. To be on the safe side, she was still taken to the hospital in Hof.