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Ludwigsburg Accident: Ambulance on Emergency Call Collides with Car, Three Injured
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Ludwigsburg Accident: Ambulance on Emergency Call Collides with Car, Three Injured

From Die Zeit · () German

Translated from German, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • A collision occurred in Ludwigsburg between an ambulance on an emergency call and a car, resulting in three minor injuries.
  • The ambulance driver ran a red light while responding to an emergency, leading to the crash with a car that was attempting to turn.
  • The impact sent the car spinning into a third vehicle, a parked sprinter van, causing further damage.

Three people sustained minor injuries in Ludwigsburg after an ambulance on an emergency call collided with a car at an intersection. The incident occurred on Saturday when the ambulance, traveling with lights and sirens activated, entered an intersection against a red light.

The 21-year-old ambulance driver noticed the car driven by a 58-year-old woman, who was attempting to turn. Police reported that the ambulance driver initially slowed down but then accelerated. The woman driving the car also braked but proceeded into the intersection, resulting in the collision.

The ambulance driver noticed the car of a 58-year-old woman, who wanted to turn at green, initially braked slightly and then accelerated again.

โ€” PolicePolice statement describing the moments leading up to the collision.

The impact caused the car to swerve left, mount a traffic island, and strike a traffic sign. It then collided head-on with a waiting sprinter van, coming to a halt. The ambulance driver, his 35-year-old passenger, and the 58-year-old female driver all suffered minor injuries. The woman was taken to a hospital by another ambulance for further treatment.

The driver of the sprinter van was unharmed in the incident. The police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the crash.

The woman also initially braked, but then drove on, so that a collision occurred.

โ€” PolicePolice statement detailing the actions of the car driver involved in the accident.
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Originally published by Die Zeit in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.