VN24 - 03.12.2021 - Bergkamen / Germany - Around 11:30 p.m., a serious accident occurred on Fritz-Husemann-Straße. A blue Ford Focus was driving on Fritz-Husemann-Straße in a westbound direction. The driver intended to turn left into August-Bebel-Straße, for which he had to cross the oncoming lane. At this moment, a white VW Scirocco approached on the opposite lane, which was traveling in an eastbound direction. On height of the junction of the August Bebel road he crashed with obviously very high speed on the Ford Focus and smashed approximately between front wheel and passenger door into the right side of the crossing car. Due to the force of the impact, the Ford Focus overturned and skidded back in the direction from which it came. Lying on its roof, the wreck slid for another 95 meters or so. Both occupants, the 25-year-old driver, and a 31-year-old passenger were trapped in the Ford and had to be extricated by firefighters. The 25-year-old driver was taken to hospital with serious injuries, while his passenger fatefully did not survive the accident. Also the white VW Scirocco skidded after the impact still further eastward and crashed after approximately 45 meters with the driver's side against a tree standing at the left roadside. Of the two occupants of the VW, each 23 years old, the passenger was seriously injured, the driver himself escaped with minor injuries. An expert from DEKRA ("German Association for Motor Vehicle Research and Testing") was called in to investigate the cause of the accident and the vehicles were seized. The public prosecutor's office subsequently confiscated the engine and airbag control units of the Scirocco in order to be able to read out the exact speed at the time of the accident.
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