Hesse: novice driver rams semi-trailer: three seriously injured

Bensheim (dpa / lhe) - A 19-year-old drove his car into a parked semi-trailer at the entrance to a rest area on Autobahn 5 in southern Hesse and was seriously injured. The police in Darmstadt said his two 21- and 22-year-old passengers also suffered serious injuries. An expert was commissioned to clarify the cause of the accident on Wednesday morning near Bensheim. A rescue helicopter had flown two of the injured to a clinic, the third was driven to a hospital in an ambulance. The police estimated the damage at more than 10,000 euros.