Serams (dpa / mv) - A package driver was injured in an accident on federal highway 196 on Saturday. The 29-year-old came off the road with his van between Serams and Lancken-Granitz (Vorpommern-Rügen district), the police said. He drove into a tree. The man had still loaded packages, was just at the delivery.
The driver said he was briefly distracted before the impact. First responders pulled him from the vehicle. He was later taken to a hospital. The vehicle was a total loss of 50,000 euros. Federal highway 196 had to be closed for 2.5 hours for the rescue work.
