Overview
- Emergency crews responded around 12:30 p.m. Saturday on Landesstraße 123 between Horneburg and Issendorf in Lower Saxony.
- The collision involved a Seat Alhambra driven by a 52-year-old from Bargstedt and a VW transporter driven by a 50-year-old from Heeslingen.
- The VW driver was trapped, freed by the Horneburg fire brigade, and airlifted by rescue helicopter Christoph 29 to a Hamburg clinic with serious injuries.
- A first aider pulled a three-year-old from a wrecked vehicle, and the child was taken as a precaution to Elbeklinikum Stade, while the Seat driver and a 13-year-old passenger sustained minor injuries.
- Both vehicles were totaled with an initial damage estimate of about €25,000, and L123 was fully closed during rescue and recovery operations before traffic disruptions eased.