2 seriously injured in car crash with tree

Two occupants of a Smart car were left with serious injuries on Sunday afternoon, after crashing head-on and with force into a tree in the south of the country.

The incident happened at about 3pm on the N13 route between Frisange and Hellange.

For unknown reasons at this stage, the driver lost total control of the vehicle, causing it to skid of the road and collide with a tree.

The impact was so fierce the tree was knocked down and it fell across the roadway.

A nurse who happened to be passing at the time was able to provide first aid at the scene, but in order to extract the two victims from the car, firefighters with special hydraulic equipment was required to remove the roof of the Smart.

A Luxembourg Air Rescue quickly arrived at the scene and flew both victims to hospital.

The road was closed to traffic for about an hour while a clean-up operation and investigation took place.  

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