Serious accident near Hermersdorf: A serious traffic accident occurred in the Erlangen-Höchstadt district on Sunday evening (February 13, 2022). As the district fire inspection Erlangen-Höchstadt reports, a collision between a vintage car and an Audi station wagon occurred on the district road between Dutendorf and Frimmersdorf (Markt Vestenbergsgreuth).
Two people suffered serious injuries as a result of the collision, reports the Höchstadt an der Aisch police inspection.
Update from February 14th, 2022: A frontal collision between a classic car and a station wagon causes two serious injuries
According to the Höchstadt Police Inspectorate, a 55-year-old drove his vintage car along the district road from Dutendorf in the direction of Höchstadt. At the same time, an 87-year-old driver coming from Hermersdorf wanted to turn left onto the district road. The senior stopped briefly and obviously overlooked the approaching vintage car that had the right of way. Despite the 55-year-old braking hard, there was a head-on collision in which both vehicles were severely deformed at the front.
The person who caused the accident was able to leave his vehicle on his own, but had to be taken to the Neustadt Aisch hospital by ambulance. The oldtimer driver was only partially responsive and was also taken to the hospital by the rescue service “with massive injuries”, reports the Höchstadt police inspection. According to the Erlangen-Höchstadt District Fire Inspectorate, the 55-year-old was found unconscious in the vehicle, but later regained consciousness.
According to the district fire inspection, the fire brigades of three districts were at the scene. Two qualified first aiders from the so-called “First Responders” from Uehlfeld immediately began looking following the two people involved in the accident. “After consultation with the first emergency doctor from Neustadt/Aisch, the patient sitting in the vintage car had to be carefully freed from his vehicle due to his serious injuries,” reports District Fire Chief Sebastian Weber, press spokesman for the Erlangen-Höchstadt District Fire Inspectorate. “But he wasn’t trapped.” Nevertheless, the fire brigade had to use hydraulic rescue equipment to create a sufficient opening on the driver’s side.
A rescue helicopter was also deployed. The county road was closed while the accident was being investigated. Both vehicles suffered material damage in the mid-five-digit euro range, according to the Höchstadt Police Inspectorate.
Note: In an initial report, the ages of the two people involved in the accident were given as 88 and 59 years.
First report from February 13th, 2022: Vintage car badly damaged in an accident near Hermersdorf – rescue helicopter must come
at Hermersdorf im district of Erlangen-Höchstadt it is on Sunday evening (February 13, 2022) around 6.30 p.m. by a accident to use the fire brigade, police and rescue services came. As confirmed by the police headquarters in Central Franconia, an 88-year-old wanted to turn off at a junction on the ERH18 when he saw an approaching car. NEWS5 speaks of a classic car.
As NEWS5 reports, the 59-year-old classic car driver is due to the missing airbags been subjected to great force. He did with careful rescue from the vehicle wreck can be freed.
The 59-year-old and the person who caused the accident had to go hospital be brought, explains the police. According to the district fire inspection Erlangen-Höchstadt, a rescue helicopter had to be requested. One of the two was initially unconscious, it is said, and regained consciousness during the course of the operation.
The road had to be completely closed for the operation. Traffic has been diverted.