Car takes ambulance right of way - seven people injured, some seriously
Created: 01/04/2022, 6:54 PM
From: Katarina Amtmann
A car and an ambulance collided near Pfronten.
© Tobias Beck / dpa / dpa-Bildfunk
A car and an ambulance collided near Pfronten (Bavaria).
Seven people were injured in the accident on Tuesday.
Pfronten - On Tuesday, seven people were seriously injured in a collision between a car and an ambulance near Pfronten (Oberallgäu district *).
According to initial information, on Tuesday afternoon (January 4th) on the route to Eisenberg, when turning left, the driver overlooked the ambulance on the priority road, as a spokesman for the Swabian South / West police headquarters said.
Pfronten: Car takes ambulance right of way - seven people injured
The driver was trapped in his car.
He was seriously injured and had to be taken to hospital by helicopter.
In addition, three other people were slightly to moderately injured in the car.
The three-man ambulance crew was also slightly injured.
The patient who was about to be transferred was unharmed.
(came / dpa)
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