North Rhine-Westphalia: car torn in two parts: man seriously injured

Bedburg-Hau (dpa / lnw) - In a serious traffic accident in the district of Kleve, a car tore apart.

North Rhine-Westphalia: car torn in two parts: man seriously injured

Bedburg-Hau (dpa / lnw) - In a serious traffic accident in the district of Kleve, a car tore apart. For reasons that are not yet known, the 22-year-old driver left the road on a country road in the early New Year's morning and crashed into a tree, the police said on Sunday. The fire brigade was able to free the man from Xanten, seriously injured, from the wreck and take him to a hospital.

The force of the impact ripped off the passenger side of the vehicle, as well as the engine block. The car stopped a hundred yards from the tree. The scene of the accident was a debris field. A total of 25 rescue workers were deployed.