He unexpectedly turned, then hit an energy-absorbing barrier and a tree, and finally went straight into the river. The 18-year-old driver was taken to hospital. An LPR helicopter landed.
The accident occurred yesterday a few minutes after 5 p.m. in the town of Sokule, in the Kąkolewnica commune.
The driver of a BMW passenger car lost control of the car on a curve. He hit an energy barrier and then a tree.
He drove into the river KPP Radzyń Podlaski
He was sober
He finished the ride in the bed of the Krzna River.
An 18-year-old from the Łuków commune was behind the wheel. The driver was sober, which was confirmed by the test. The officers determined that he had had a driving license for less than half a year.
Earlier it hit an energy-absorbing barrier and a treeKPP Radzyń Podlaski
The helicopter arrived
“The injured man was transported to the hospital by an Air Ambulance helicopter,” writes Assistant Commissioner Piotr Mucha from the District Police Headquarters in Radzyń Podlaski in a statement.
The cause and circumstances of the incident are being investigated.
Main photo source: KPP Radzyń Podlaski