Serious traffic accident near Birlenbach: 61-year-old seriously injured!

A serious traffic accident occurred on January 8th on the L318 between Schönborn and Birlenbach in the Rhein-Lahn district. A total of three vehicles were involved. The incident began when a 28-year-old driver from the Diez community reduced his speed to avoid a pedestrian on the side of the road.

A subsequent 22-year-old driver from the Aar-Einrich community noticed the braking lights of the front vehicle too late and tried to avoid a rear-end collision by moving out to the opposite lane. The frontal collision with an oncoming 61-year-old driver from the district of Limburg-Weilburg. The 61-year-old was seriously injured in the collision and had to be flown to the Koblenz hospital with a rescue helicopter.

injured and circumstances of the accident

The 61-year-old driver suffered serious injuries in the accident. However, the other two participants, the 22-year-old person who caused the accident and the 28-year-old, suffered minor injuries. The cause of the accident is currently being determined, but the Rhineland-Palatinate traffic accident statistics 2023 shows a worrying trend: Last year there were a total of 140,161 accidents, including 13,630 with personal injury.

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