Head-on collision in Ennetbühl, St. Gallen, leaves four injured, Digi Mart USA News (Ennetbühl, canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland): Four people were injured on Sunday evening in a severe head-on collision in Ennetbühl in the canton of St. Gallen.
The accident occurred shortly after 6 p.m. on the Schwägalpstrasse.
A 45-year-old Swiss man driving a Subaru was traveling from the Schwägalp toward Nesslau when, for reasons not yet known, he veered into the oncoming lane on a left-hand bend. His vehicle struck a correctly oncoming Renault bearing Polish license plates head-on.
The force of the impact sent the Renault off the road and down an embankment. All four vehicle occupants were injured.
A 38-year-old Swiss woman seated in the front passenger seat of the Subaru suffered serious injuries and was flown by Rega rescue helicopter to a hospital 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 natural gas, and gas leaked from the damaged vehicle. Roger Abderhalden, the operations leader of the Nesslau volunteer fire department, told BRK News that such a vehicle was uncommon for a volunteer fire brigade.
Several firefighters were trained auto and truck mechanics familiar with the technology, which helped the response.
Because no emergency medical service had yet arrived when firefighters reached the scene, responders first cared for the injured and requested additional rescue resources.
About 25 members of the Nesslau fire department, several ambulances, a Rega helicopter and patrols from the St. Gallen cantonal police were deployed.
Police determined that the Subaru driver was not fit to drive. The public prosecutor ordered a blood and urine test, and the man’s driver’s license was confiscated at the scene.
Both vehicles were written off. The Schwägalpstrasse was closed in both directions.
The St. Gallen cantonal police have opened an investigation into the precise cause of the accident.
