“Prague police officers, together with the Prague fire brigade and the medical rescue service, are currently responding to a truck accident on the Prague ring road 1.8 km in the direction of the D5. The vehicle is lying on its side and the driver is currently being extricated. Traffic is restricted in the area and only the parking lane is open in both directions,” the Police of the Czech Republic said on the X network shortly before 11 a.m.
A column forms on the spot, which is about 1.5 kilometers long. “The patient is wedged in, conscious,” said Monika Nováková, spokeswoman for the Central Bohemian Ambulance Service.
At 11:48 a.m., the firefighters handed over the injured driver to the rescuers after they managed to get him out of the crashed truck. “He has injuries to his pelvis and abdomen, he is breathing. Paramedics treated the patient and are taking him to the Motol General Hospital,” Nováková informed later.
According to the dopravniinfo.cz server, the restriction will last until approximately 2 p.m.
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Two kilometers from the first accident, a Porsche crashed after the entrance to the Prague ring road from Vesce in the direction of the airport. The vehicle hit a guardrail and also damaged one truck in the parking lane. It has a broken front.
The scene of the accident is passable by one lane, after which traffic continues smoothly.
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