Hesse: Seriously injured in a collision on A7

Bad Hersfeld (dpa / lhe) - When a truck collided with a car on Autobahn 7, a man was seriously injured. The 45-year-old motorist was trapped in his vehicle on Monday morning and had to be extricated by firefighters, police said. The man was taken to the hospital with a rescue helicopter, the driver of the truck was uninjured. The accident near Bad Hersfeld (Hersfeld-Rotenburg district) occurred when the truck changed lanes, but the exact cause of the accident was initially unclear. The highway was closed for an hour, police said.