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Taxi Crash in Vorpommern Kills 75-Year-Old Passenger

Taxi Crash in Vorpommern Kills 75-Year-Old Passenger

From Die Zeit · () German

Translated from German and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • A 75-year-old passenger died when a taxi left the road in Groß Ernsthof, in Vorpommern-Greifswald district, and hit a tree stump.
  • A 71-year-old passenger suffered serious injuries but was not in life-threatening condition, while the driver was slightly injured.
  • Police said it was initially unclear why the taxi left the road on a straight stretch.

A 75-year-old woman died when a taxi left the road in Groß Ernsthof in Vorpommern and crashed into a tree stump.

A second passenger, a 71-year-old man, suffered serious injuries but was not in life-threatening condition, police said. The taxi driver sustained minor injuries.

The cause of the crash remained unclear. Initial findings indicated that the taxi veered off the road on a straight section during the afternoon.

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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.