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Head-on collision in Berlin-Schoeneberg:
Six injured in an accident at Innsbrucker Platz - including three children
A driver got into oncoming traffic in Schöneberg and collided with a fully occupied car. The cause could have been a medical emergency.
When two cars collided at Innsbrucker Platz in
Berlin-Schoeneberg on Monday morning, six people were injured - including three children. For reasons that have not yet been clarified, a 39-year-old driver lost control of his car on the main street and collided head-on with an oncoming car, a police spokeswoman said.
The spokeswoman cited a medical emergency as a possible cause. First,
the "BZ" had reported on the accident.
According to
police , members of two families were inside the car, which was parked at a traffic light: the 37-year-old driver, a 38-year-old man and three girls, ages one, three and four. They were all taken to a clinic for outpatient treatment. The suspected driver was taken to a hospital for treatment. The force of the impact pushed the car with the two families into a motorcycle parked behind it. The 37-year-old driver was not injured, according to police.
Further information on the injured was not immediately available. The operation at the accident site was completed after about an hour, as a fire department spokesman said. According to the fire department,
the accident happened under an S-Bahn bridge. A photo published by the fire department on Twitter showed that the two cars were badly damaged.
(dpa)