accidents
Two cars sink in Emden in the water
Divers in action – the sunken car is recovered with a crane. Photo: Fire Department Emden/dpa
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Two missions for the rescue divers within a few days: After accidents, two cars in Emden completely sunk in the water.
Two cars sank in the water in Emden within a few days. A 94-year-old was critically injured in the port city at the mouth of the Ems in the North Sea. A 31-year-old was able to free himself from his vehicle in another accident.
The 31-year-old was taken to hospital with hypothermia after his vehicle fell into a sewer on Sunday morning. According to the fire department, he left the road for an unknown reason and drove into the Fehntjer Deep, a canal around 18 meters wide and around two meters deep. The fire brigade used two divers for the rescue, who put slings around the completely sunken car. The vehicle was lifted with a crane.
A 94-year-old had already crashed his car into the Emden harbor basin on Friday and sustained life-threatening injuries. According to the police, the senior had driven over the dyke fortification for a previously unknown reason and slipped over the embankment into the outer harbor of the Borkum pier. The vehicle was then almost completely submerged in the water. Rescue divers from the fire department freed the 94-year-old and he was taken to the hospital.