Saxony: embankment fell down: motorcyclist seriously injured

Zwickau (dpa / sn) - A motorcyclist fell down a five-meter-deep embankment near Zwickau and was seriously injured. According to the police, the 63-year-old man left the road on Sunday afternoon in a long left turn to the right. He was thrown over the guard rail and fell down the embankment behind the rail. Paramedics took him to a hospital. The driveway to Mitteltrasse, a feeder road to Autobahn 72, was closed for two hours for the rescue work.