Traffic: Three dead in a car accident in Hanover

2023-08-22 09:48:31

Traffic Three dead in a car accident in Hanover

Two crashed cars in Hanover. photo

© Moritz Frankenberg/dpa

The images are likely to burn into your memory: two cars collide, three people die, three other people are critically injured. How could that happen?

In a car accident Three people lost their lives in Hanover. Three other car occupants were critically injured in the accident on Monday evening, a police spokeswoman said on Tuesday. They went to different hospitals. The age and gender of the dead and injured were initially unclear.

In the Marienwerder district, two cars were traveling in opposite directions, and one of the cars probably got into oncoming traffic, the spokeswoman said. There was a collision. The cause of the accident was initially unknown. When the first patrol cars arrived, the emergency services provided first aid and tried to revive the victims until rescue workers reached the scene of the accident.

According to the fire brigade, four people were lying on the street when the first emergency services arrived, two accident victims were trapped in the cars and had to be freed with hydraulic rescue equipment. According to the fire brigade, many onlookers gathered at the scene of the accident – therefore, and to support the emergency services, two emergency chaplains were alerted.

With 22 vehicles, including five ambulances, three ambulances and a fire engine, as well as around 50 emergency services, the fire brigade and rescue service were at the scene of the accident. The police cordoned off the scene of the accident over a large area, said the spokeswoman for the authority.

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