North Rhine-Westphalia: Newborn baby seriously injured in a rear-end collision on the A43

Marl (dpa / lnw) - Shortly after birth, a baby was seriously injured in a rear-end collision on Autobahn 43 near Marl. According to the findings, the child's mother drove too quickly into a construction site area and collided with another car there, the police said. It was thrown against another vehicle. The mother from Recklinghausen and two other drivers were slightly injured in the accident on Tuesday afternoon. All of the injured were taken to the hospital. After the accident, the Autobahn 43 was closed near Marl in the direction of Münster, and the closure is expected to last until the early evening, according to the police. The police could not say whether the baby was a boy or a girl and when it was born.