Accident
Car drives into river – first responders save two women
Rescue workers work at the scene of the accident on the Lenne river. photo
© Markus Klümper/Sauerlandreporter/dpa
A car gets into a river and topples onto its roof – partly lying in the water. Two women are in mortal danger in the vehicle. An angler and other first responders react in an exemplary manner.
An angler and other first responders rescued two women from a car that had driven into the Lenne River in North Rhine-Westphalia. After the accident on Friday evening, the car was upside down, partly on the embankment and partly in the river. The first responders rescued the two critically injured women via the trunk and immediately began resuscitation measures before the rescue workers arrived shortly thereafter, the police said. The women are 28 and 31 years old.
After an accident on the federal road 236 in Werdohl, your car left the road to the right and crashed over the guardrail into the Lenne, the police said. According to the current status of the investigation, a 65-year-old driver had intended to turn onto a bridge. Her vehicle collided with the two women’s car, which was driving behind her.
One of the critically injured was flown to a clinic by helicopter, and the other was taken to a hospital by ambulance. It has not yet been finally clarified which of the two was behind the wheel. The 65-year-old driver of the other car and her passengers – 6 and 47 years old – suffered a shock.