Goch (dpa / lnw) – Twelve people were injured in a collision between a youth fire brigade transporter and a car in Goch on the Lower Rhine. Among them were eight children and young people. Eight people suffered minor injuries. Four others were taken to hospitals for examination, the police said on Thursday. It was unclear in the evening whether they needed inpatient care or whether they could leave the clinic again, according to the fire brigade.
The van, which had three adults and six children, ran into oncoming traffic on a country road in the afternoon. There he collided with a car in which a 50-year-old woman was sitting with her two nine- and twelve-year-old sons. As a result of the collision, the van rolled over on its side. The injured were cared for and cared for. A helicopter was also involved in the rescue. Due to the large number of injured people and the initially unclear severity of their injuries, according to the fire brigade, an alarm plan MANV – mass casualty incident – was triggered.