A car crashed into a house wall. The 25-year-old passenger died, the 27-year-old driver suffered serious injuries in Mulsum, Lower Saxony, the police said. According to initial police estimates, the damage totaled well over 100,000 euros. The residents of the house were not injured.
The 27-year-old lost control of his car around 3:50 a.m. on Saturday morning. According to witnesses, he was traveling at high speed, the police said. The vehicle ran over a traffic island, lifted off the road and then crashed into the entrance area of a former restaurant.
The residents of the house and neighbors were woken up by the force of the impact and alerted the rescue workers. The fire brigade freed the two men from the vehicle wreckage. The passenger died at the scene of the accident, and the driver was flown to a Hamburg clinic in a rescue helicopter with serious injuries. The police are looking for witnesses; including the driver who was one of the first to arrive at the scene of the accident.
