Cologne crash leaves e-scooter rider critically injured in emergency surgery
Translated from German and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- A 31-year-old e-scooter rider suffered life-threatening injuries in a collision with a minibus in central Cologne.
- Police said witnesses reported that the minibus struck and may have run over the rider, who had the right of way.
- Investigators used a drone to reconstruct the crash, and the exact circumstances remain under investigation.
A 31-year-old e-scooter rider suffered life-threatening injuries in a traffic collision in central Cologne and is undergoing emergency surgery.
Police said a 60-year-old minibus driver was traveling along Dagobertstraße toward the Rhine late Thursday afternoon when the crash occurred at the intersection of Unter Kahlenhausen and Dagobertstraße. Witnesses said the driver struck the e-scooter rider, who had the right of way, and may have run him over.
The driver suffered shock. A traffic-accident investigation team used a drone to help reconstruct the collision, while police continued investigating the precise sequence of events.
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Originally published by Die Zeit in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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