Saal (dpa/mv) – An 18-year-old driver was seriously injured in an accident on a state road in the Vorpommern-Rügen district. He lost control of his car on Thursday evening in the direction of a district of the municipality of Saal for reasons that have not yet been clarified, the police said. He went off the road, drove into a ditch and then back onto the road. He was taken to the hospital. According to the police, the car suffered damage of around 8,000 euros.