Burscheid (dpa / lnw) - A 28-year-old was seriously injured in an accident on Autobahn 1 near Burscheid - after he is said to have had an illegal race with another driver. As the police announced on Monday, the two speeders with their maneuvers also endangered an uninvolved driver, whose car was touched but remained uninjured. The 28-year-old was taken to the hospital, his "racing opponent" is still at large.
According to the police, the two had pulled too fast and in close succession from the fast lane directly onto the slowdown lane of an exit on Sunday evening. There, the 28-year-old's car grazed the car of a 56-year-old, who was not injured in the collision. The 28-year-old racer threw his car over the crash barrier. His car was secured.
