Steinberg (dpa/sn) - A tractor driver was thrown from the vehicle and seriously injured in a collision with a car in Steinberg (Vogtland). The 31-year-old was on Saturday afternoon with the vehicle and a trailer in the Rothenkirchen district in the direction of Wernesgrün, as the police announced on Sunday. The car crashed into the trailer from behind.
The 75-year-old driver was blinded by the low sun and overlooked the team. The small tractor overturned. The 31-year-old tractor driver was trapped with one arm under his vehicle. Rescue workers from the Wernesgrün and Rothenkirchen volunteer fire departments freed him. The police estimated the damage at around 17,000 euros.
