New Year's Eve drama in Baden-Württemberg: a drunk races into an ambulance - two paramedics are seriously injured
Created: 2023-01-02 06:14
By: Jennifer Lanzinger
Baden-Württemberg, Unlingen: A demolished ambulance is on the federal highway 312 near Göffingen after a car previously collided with the emergency vehicle.
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Drunk and without a valid driver's license, a driver crashed into an ambulance on New Year's Eve.
Both paramedics were cut out of the vehicle with serious injuries.
Unlingen - It is an unbelievable drama that took place on New Year's Eve in Baden-Württemberg.
Two paramedics were seriously injured in a head-on collision between an ambulance and a car near Biberach.
The driver of the oncoming vehicle suffered minor injuries.
New Year's Eve drama in Baden-Württemberg: a drunk races into an ambulance - two paramedics are seriously injured
As the police announced on Sunday, the 45-year-old driver and the 21-year-old passenger of the ambulance had to be cut out of the totally destroyed vehicle.
Both were taken to a hospital with serious injuries.
Accordingly, the driver of the oncoming vehicle, who had gotten into the oncoming lane in a right-hand bend, was slightly injured in the accident.
According to the police, he was under the "not inconsiderable" influence of alcohol and also did not have a valid driver's license.
The suspected cause of the accident must now expect several criminal charges.
During the recording of the accident, the B 312 near Unlingen was closed in both directions.
The total property damage was estimated at around 260,000 euros.
New Year's Eve in Germany: numerous operations - one fatality in Leipzig
While many people celebrated the turn of the year on New Year's Eve, other dramas took place in many places.
In Leipzig, a teenager was so badly injured by fireworks that he died shortly thereafter.
Limbs of two men were severed by firecracker explosions.
The Munich fire brigade was in constant use on New Year's Eve.
There were many smaller operations in the city, but also larger fires.
