Baden-Württemberg: Passengers died after an accident with six injured

Korntal-Münchingen (dpa / lsw) - After an accident near Korntal-Münchingen (Ludwigsburg district) with six sometimes life-threatening injuries, a passenger died.

Baden-Württemberg: Passengers died after an accident with six injured

Korntal-Münchingen (dpa / lsw) - After an accident near Korntal-Münchingen (Ludwigsburg district) with six sometimes life-threatening injuries, a passenger died. The 23-year-old succumbed to his injuries a few days later in hospital, police said on Tuesday. A spokeswoman could not say whether the condition of the other five injured stabilized.

The police suspect that the driver of the pickup truck fell asleep briefly on Friday. The 45-year-old came off the federal highway 10 and drove unchecked onto an embankment. The vehicle overturned and landed on the roof. The 23-year-old and four other injured were not buckled up. An expert is now to reconstruct the accident.

The fire brigade had to free two people from the van with rescue shears. A passenger was flown to a hospital in a rescue helicopter. The other five injured, aged between 18 and 43, were also taken to nearby hospitals with injuries, some of them life-threatening.