Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: novice driver crashes into a tree

Damshagen (dpa / mv) - An 18-year-old novice driver was seriously injured in a collision with a tree in northwest Mecklenburg. As a police spokesman said on Wednesday, the 18-year-old left the road in a right-hand bend near Damshagen and drove unbraked into the tree. A local resident observed the accident on Tuesday. He called the emergency services and provided first medical aid. The novice driver, who was probably driving too fast, came to a clinic in Wismar with serious injuries. The car was totaled.