World · Europe · 4 hrs ago
Four-car crash in Weissenbach injures five
A four-car crash injured five people on Monday in Weissenbach, in the municipality of Boltigen in Switzerland.
Police say one car crossed into oncoming traffic for reasons still being investigated and hit an oncoming car.
The impact led both cars to collide with another vehicle, bringing four cars into the crash.
Firefighters freed one driver from a car, and four ambulance teams and a Rega helicopter took the five injured people to hospitals.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation by Bern cantonal police.
The main road was closed for nearly two hours while crews dealt with the crash.
A crash involving four cars in Weissenbach injured five people on Monday.
A car crossed into the oncoming lane for reasons still under investigation and collided side-on with an oncoming car.
The two cars then each collided with another vehicle.
Firefighters had to free one driver from a car.
Four ambulance teams and a Rega helicopter took the injured to hospitals.
- Who
- Five people were injured. The Bern cantonal police are investigating.
- What
- Four cars collided after one car crossed into the oncoming lane.
- When
- Monday; the exact date is not stated.
- Where
- Weissenbach, in the municipality of Boltigen.
- Why
- The reason the car crossed into the oncoming lane is still being investigated.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
A car crossed into the oncoming lane in Weissenbach, triggering a crash involving four cars and injuring five people.
Four ambulance teams and a Rega helicopter took the five injured people to hospitals.
The main road was fully closed for just under two hours while the crash was cleared.
- Cars involved
- 4
- People injured
- 5
- Location
- Weissenbach, municipality of Boltigen
- Emergency response
- 4 ambulance teams and 1 Rega helicopter
- Road closure
- Just under 2 hours