Weimar (dpa/th) - A 24-year-old driver and his two passengers were seriously injured in an accident on Autobahn 4 near Weimar late on Friday evening. One of them is in mortal danger, the police said on Saturday. According to them, the driver lost control of the car when the road was wet from rain. The car came off the highway, drove through an adjacent embankment and rolled over several times. He finally came to a stop in a field 100 meters from the motorway.
The critically injured man was flown to a hospital in a rescue helicopter, and the other two men were also hospitalized. The police put the damage to property at around 20,000 euros, and the road towards Frankfurt am Main was partially blocked for four hours.
