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Four injured in head-on crash in Ennetbühl
A head-on crash injured four people on the Schwägalpstrasse in Ennetbühl, in Switzerland’s canton of St. Gallen, on Sunday evening.
A 45-year-old Subaru driver crossed into the oncoming lane in a left-hand bend and hit a Renault.
The Renault left the road and slid down a slope.
A 38-year-old passenger was seriously injured and flown to hospital; the other three people were taken to hospital by ambulance.
Police judged the Subaru driver unfit to drive, took his licence and ordered blood and urine tests.
Gas leaked from the Renault, and the road was closed in both directions; police are investigating how the crash happened.
Four people were injured in a head-on crash on Schwägalpstrasse in Ennetbühl, St. Gallen, on Sunday evening.
A 45-year-old Subaru driver crossed into the opposite lane in a left-hand bend and hit an oncoming Renault.
A 38-year-old passenger in the Subaru was seriously injured and flown to hospital by Rega.
The Subaru driver was assessed by police as not fit to drive, and his driving licence was taken away.
Gas leaked from the Renault, which had a gas-powered engine.
- Who
- Four people were injured: the Subaru driver and passenger, and the two Renault occupants.
- What
- A Subaru and a Renault collided head-on. Gas leaked from the Renault.
- When
- Sunday evening, shortly after 18:00.
- Where
- Schwägalpstrasse in Ennetbühl, in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland.
- Why
- The Subaru crossed into the opposite lane in a left-hand bend for reasons that are still unknown.
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The Subaru crossed into the opposite lane on Schwägalpstrasse and collided head-on with the Renault.
The Renault left the road and slid down a slope, and all four occupants were injured.
Emergency crews treated the injured; the seriously injured Subaru passenger was flown to hospital by Rega.
Police assessed the Subaru driver as not fit to drive and took his driving licence.
- Injured
- Four people
- Seriously injured
- 38-year-old Subaru passenger
- Crash location
- Schwägalpstrasse, Ennetbühl, canton of St. Gallen
- Vehicles
- Subaru and Renault
- Gas leak
- Gas-powered Renault
- Police action
- Subaru driver's licence taken away
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