A horrific-looking accident snarled traffic in Ostrava-Porupa on Thursday afternoon. The driver flipped the car onto its roof on Opavska Street near Martynowska and Frankowska Streets. The maneuver was captured by other drivers’ cameras.
Car accident in Ostrava-Borav on October 12, 2023.
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The accident took place shortly before 3 pm. According to police spokesperson Pavla Jirokova, the driver (born in 1985) did not adjust his speed to the condition and nature of the road and ran into the concrete wall on the left. Then there was an impact that threw the car into the air Overturned on the roof.
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“The car swerved into the right lane where it hit the adjacent car. Then Finished on the roof. The driver refused an orientation breath test and a professional medical examination,” police spokeswoman Pavla Jiroskova said of the accident.
The driver refused not only the police, but also the paramedics who were called to the scene by witnesses via the emergency route, as Lukas Humble, spokesman for the Medical Rescue Service of the Moravian-Silesian Region, confirmed to Denik.
Traffic at the site was controlled by police officers while investigating and clearing the aftermath of the accident. Two units of Ostrava’s professional firefighters intervened on the spot, namely from Poruba and Zábřeh stations.
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“After arriving at the scene, the units stopped the leakage of operating fluids leaking from the vehicle. The commander of the intervention then called a special rescue vehicle to the scene, with the help of which the vehicle was put back on its wheels. Firefighters then cleared the road so that traffic could be fully restored,” said the regional fire department. Department spokesman Lucas Popp commented on the intervention.
