Brno: The driver drove into the opposite direction, was swept away by a truck
An accident with tragic consequences blocked the road from Brno to Svitavy on Wednesday evening. The driver of the passenger car drove there in the opposite direction, where he collided with an oncoming truck. In addition to the driver of the passenger car, his grandson sitting in the back seat also died.
At half past five in the afternoon, rescuers went to the scene of the accident at the exit to Podlesí near Kuřimi. They had a report of a head-on collision between a car and a truck. “We arrived at the scene, we found out that it was a traffic accident involving a car and a truck and that it was not necessary for us to extricate anyone,” said fire department spokesman Jaroslav Mikoška.
“I was driving normally from Brno and the gentleman suddenly swerved out of the line and drove towards me,” described the truck driver. The rescuers, who were on the scene within a few minutes, fought for the life of the driver of the passenger car, but ultimately lost.
Along with the driver, his eight-year-old grandson is also in the car. He also had to be resuscitated. “The child was brought to us in a very serious condition and his injuries were unfortunately incompatible with life,” said Veronika Plachá, spokeswoman for the Brno University Hospital.
Firefighters also called the post-traumatic intervention team to the scene, who took care of the relatives of the car crew. They were at the scene of a tragic accident. The paramedics were then replaced by crime investigators – they have to find out what exactly happened on the spot and why the driver drove in the opposite direction. So far, they cannot rule out anything from a technical fault to medical indisposition to the driver.
Due to the accident, traffic was stopped on the main road from Brno to Svitavy. The convoys were several kilometers long, the delay was tens of minutes. In connection with this tragedy, the police are appealing to drivers to be very careful on the roads, especially during this period.
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