Serious accident in Bad Nauheim: 18-year-old fights for his life!

Serious accident in Bad Nauheim: 18-year-old fights for his life!

An alarming accident occurred on Friday evening in Bad Nauheim when an 18-year-old BMW driver lost control of his car while overtaking another vehicle on Friedberger Straße between the Esso roundabout and the roundabout. He crashed into a traffic island and then crashed into the side of a tree. As the Frankfurter Neue Presse reported that the driver was seriously injured and flown to a Frankfurt hospital in a rescue helicopter. Fortunately, his 17-year-old passenger only escaped with shock after she was freed from the vehicle by first responders before the emergency services arrived.

Serious rescue operations

The Bad Nauheim fire department was quickly on the scene to rescue the trapped driver. More than 20 emergency personnel worked for an hour and a half to free him from his car using hydraulic equipment because his left foot was trapped in a complicated position. City fire inspector Wolfgang Löffler reported that there was time pressure as low temperatures put the driver at additional risk. Friedberger Straße was completely closed during the entire rescue operation to ensure that the measures were carried out safely the Bad Nauheim fire department announced.

The police assume excessive speed was a possible cause of the accident and called in an expert to reconstruct what happened while the fire department illuminated the scene of the accident. The incident sheds light on the dangers of road traffic and the need to drive carefully, especially in critical situations such as overtaking.