Tragic accident on the D1 highway near Prague. The truck hit the man, he died on the spot
Emergency services intervened in traffic accidents in which a truck hit a man who was moving on the highway. The accident took place on 1.5 km of Brněnská Street in the direction of Brno on Wednesday, February 1 shortly before midnight. The man succumbed to his injuries on the spot.
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“We intervened in an accident involving a lorry with a person who was traveling on the highway. The man died on the spot,” said police spokesman Richard Hrdina.
According to Jana Poštová, spokeswoman for the Prague rescue service, it was a man in his sixties who suffered serious injuries incompatible with life and succumbed to them on the spot.
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“Fire units set up a mobile screen around the knocked-down man and the coroner of the rescue service examined the body,” said Martin Kavka, a spokesman for the Prague fire department.
Police officers were investigating the circumstances of the traffic accident and how the man got on the highway. During the investigation, the scene of the accident was only open to one lane.
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