Legden head-on truck crash injures 38-year-old woman, Digi Mart USA News (Legden, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany): A truck collided head-on with a car near Legden on Monday afternoon, according to police in the Borken district. A toddler was lightly injured, and a woman was critically injured.
The accident occurred on the K33 county road between Legden and Stadtlohn. A 51-year-old man from Ahaus, driving a truck, police said, veered into oncoming traffic.
The truck first struck a car sideways and then collided head-on with another vehicle.
The 38-year-old woman from Stadtlohn was thrown into a ditch after the frontal impact and suffered life-threatening injuries. She was flown by rescue helicopter to a hospital in Enschede in the Netherlands.
A 17-year-old boy and an 18-month-old toddler were in the woman’s car. Both children were lightly injured and taken to a hospital for observation.
It remains unclear why the truck driver crossed into the opposite lane. Because of the severity of the accident, a special police unit was deployed to investigate the scene.
The county road between Stadtlohn and Legden remained closed for several hours and reopened late Monday evening, according to fire and police services.
