Obertshausen/Offenbach (dpa/lhe) - In an accident at a riding stable near Obertshausen in the Offenbach district, six schoolgirls were injured on Thursday, some of them seriously. According to the police in Offenbach, an eleven-year-old child was flown to a clinic in a rescue helicopter. According to initial investigations, the girls, who were between ten and 14 years old, fell from the loading area of a pickup truck that was traveling through a paddock.
According to the information, a total of 19 children were sitting on the vehicle, which is said to have been driven by a 50-year-old woman. How the accident happened was initially unclear. Some of the parents were at the riding stables at the time of the accident and looked after their children directly.
