Hemau (dpa / lby) – A mother and her two children were injured in a car accident in the Regensburg district. On Saturday, the 26-year-old came into the opposite lane with her car near Hemau and collided head-on with another car, the police said on Sunday. The woman and her two daughters aged one and a half and five years had to be freed from the car by the fire department.

Rescue workers took the children to the hospital with shock and minor injuries. The mother and the 68-year-old driver of the other car were taken to a Regensburg clinic with serious injuries. It was initially unclear why the 26-year-old came into the oncoming lane.