Heidenheim (dpa / lsw) – After a traffic accident in the district of Heidenheim, an eight-year-old girl was seriously injured and taken to a hospital by helicopter. A total of three people were injured in the collision of two cars, the police reported on Wednesday.

A 26-year-old woman crashed her car into another car on Tuesday near Steinheim am Albuch (Heidenheim district) on the way to Heidenheim. The driver of this car wanted to turn and therefore braked, the police said. The woman was seriously injured and the 36-year-old driver of the other car was slightly injured. He had the child with him. The collision was so violent that both cars were thrown into a field.