Saxony: truck driver seriously injured in accident on B175

Rochlitz (dpa/sn) - A truck driver was seriously injured in an accident near Rochlitz in the Mittelsachsen district. The 64-year-old drove on Wednesday afternoon on federal highway 175 from Geringswalde and wanted to turn towards Stöbnig, the police said on Thursday. In a right-hand bend, the 64-year-old's truck came off the rain-soaked roadway and came to rest on the side of a group of trees. The man was trapped and had to be freed by firefighters. He came to a hospital. The county road was closed for several hours.