A driver crashed into a rock face in the Birkenfeld district and was seriously injured. The man’s car skidded in the afternoon in a left-hand bend between the Niederreidenbacher Höfe and Mittelreidenbach and came off the federal highway 270, the police said on Wednesday. The man was taken to a hospital.

The car was totaled. According to the information, in addition to the police, the rescue service and the road maintenance department, 50 emergency services from the surrounding fire brigades were also on site. The B270 was partially blocked for two hours.

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