Frontal collision in Ennetbühl, St. Gallen canton, four injured, Digi Mart USA News (Ennetbühl, St. Gallen canton, Switzerland): Four people were injured in a violent head-on collision in Ennetbühl in the canton of St. Gallen on Sunday evening.
The accident occurred shortly after 6 p.m. on the Schwägalpstrasse.
A 45-year-old Swiss man was driving his Subaru from the Schwägalp toward Nesslau when, for reasons not yet known, he veered into the opposite lane on a left-hand bend. His vehicle struck an oncoming Renault with Polish license plates that was traveling correctly.
The force of the impact sent the Renault off the road and down an embankment. All four occupants of the two vehicles were injured.
A 38-year-old Swiss woman who was seated in the front passenger seat of the Subaru suffered serious injuries and was flown to hospital by a Rega rescue helicopter after initial treatment.
The Subaru driver and the two occupants of the Renault, a 45-year-old man and a 37-year-old woman from Poland, were taken to hospitals by ambulance. The Renault was powered by gas, and gas leaked from the damaged vehicle.
Roger Abderhalden, the operations leader of the Nesslau volunteer fire brigade, told BRK News that such a vehicle is not common for a volunteer fire service. Firefighters with training as car and truck mechanics, who were familiar with the technology, were helpful.
Because no ambulance crew was on site when firefighters arrived, the responders first cared for the injured and requested additional rescue resources.
About 25 members of the Nesslau fire brigade, several ambulances, a Rega helicopter and patrols from the St. Gallen cantonal police were deployed.
Police judged the Subaru driver unfit to drive. Prosecutors ordered a blood and urine test, and his driver’s license was confiscated at the scene.
Both vehicles were declared total losses. The Schwägalpstrasse was closed in both directions.
The St. Gallen cantonal police have opened an investigation into the exact circumstances of the accident.
