Tragic traffic accident on the D1, a truck ran into a car that stopped behind a tractor with a tank | The entire MS region | News | POLAR

Eva Michalíková, PČR spokesperson: “According to preliminary information, the driver of the tractor transporting the tank should have stopped on the highway in the right lane, a passenger vehicle stopped behind it, when a truck transporting cars ran into it. There is one person on the scene who suffered non-life-threatening injuries.”

According to HZS MSK spokesperson Kamila Langerová, the road was closed due to the investigation of the accident. 3 professional firefighting units are on the scene, along with police officers and paramedics. The LZS Ostrava helicopter was also dispatched to the scene.

Lukáš Humpl, spokesman for the ZZS MSK: “The rescuers could no longer help one person, who remained wedged in the crashed car, and the doctor had to declare her dead. A middle-aged man had to be rescued, he showed signs of impaired consciousness and a state of shock, his life was in direct danger. He suffered multiple injuries. Rescuers put him into artificial sleep, secured his airway and switched him to machine-controlled ventilation. After administration of medication, he was airlifted to Ostrava General Hospital in critical condition. A middle-aged man with a slight injury to his lower limb was also transported to the same medical facility.”

Kamila Langerová, HZS MSK spokesperson: “The firemen rescued one person using a hydraulic rescue device, who was handed over to the rescuers, and they used a sorbent for the leaked operating fluids. The accident is currently being investigated by the PČR.”