Two accidents happened on Autobahn 31 in the Recklinghausen district. A total of 17 people were injured. Some of them hard.
Dorsten – A total of 17 people were injured on the A31 near Dorsten in North Rhine-Westphalia in two accidents that took place in quick succession – six of them seriously.
As a spokesman for the Münster police headquarters announced early on Sunday morning, the first accident on Saturday evening caused a vehicle to skid in the left lane due to a burst tire. The car crashed into the guardrail and drifted right across the lane, where it bumped into a second car. Three people were seriously injured and five others were slightly injured.
Less than half an hour later, a car driver tried to avoid the traffic jam that had formed due to the previous accident, the police spokesman said. Her vehicle skid and lost control of the car. The car crashed into a car in the left lane, tipped over, slid a few meters across the street and finally came to a stop lying on the roof. In this accident, three people were seriously injured and six others were slightly injured. All injured were taken to hospitals in ambulances. dpa
