Overview
- Police say a 30-year-old allegedly intoxicated driver changed lanes, sideswiped one car and then rear-ended another on the A9 near Denkendorf.
- Firefighters freed the man from his heavily damaged BMW after he reported spinal pain, and an emergency doctor was dispatched by helicopter.
- A technical defect kept the helicopter from departing, so the patient was taken to a clinic by ground ambulance.
- After roughly 90 minutes technicians made the aircraft flyable and it repositioned to a nearby sports field for complete repairs.
- Authorities reported the other two people involved were uninjured, and the road was closed during rescue work as officials note the cause is not linked to weather at this stage.