Driver seriously injured after car crashes into rock face in Mainz-Bingen district
Translated from German and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- A 60-year-old driver suffered serious injuries after his car left the B9 and struck a rock face in the Mainz-Bingen district.
- Rescue workers freed him from the intact passenger compartment and flew him to hospital.
- Police said the cause remained unclear, while the road closed for about two hours.
A 60-year-old driver was seriously injured when his car crashed into a rock face beside the B9 in Germany’s Mainz-Bingen district.
Emergency workers rescued the man from the vehicle’s still-intact passenger compartment and flew him to hospital, police said.
The reason the car left the road remained unclear. The B9 between Bingerbrück and Trechtingshausen was closed for about two hours after the crash.
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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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