Wittenburg (dpa / mv) - A driver was seriously injured in an accident near Wittenburg (Ludwigslust-Parchim) on Monday. As a police spokeswoman said, the 43-year-old had left the road with his car in a right-hand bend in the morning and crashed into a tree. The driver was trapped. Paramedics got him out of the car and took him to a clinic. It is still unclear why the man left the road, it said. The road was closed for a long time for the rescue.