The collision took place around 17:15 on the main road near Sviadnov in the direction of Frýdek-Místek in the place where the traffic is diverted due to work on the road in one lane. “There was a collision between a man who was apparently crossing the road and several vehicles. Preliminarily, these are three passenger cars, “said police spokeswoman Soňa Štětínská.
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According to rescue spokesman Lukáš Humpl, a pedestrian whose identity the rescuers did not know during the intervention suffered a life-threatening injury. “The intervening doctor found injuries to the head and chest. The patient’s condition required artificial sleep, “he described, adding that the patient’s rescuers intubated and transferred to device-controlled ventilation. The victim was secured with a pelvic girdle, a neck collar and placed in a vacuum mattress.
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“The man was transported by air to the Ostrava University Hospital, where rescuers handed him over to the care of the emergency ward,” he added.
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Police spokeswoman Štětínská stated that the possible consumption of alcoholic beverages by car drivers was ruled out by police officers by breath tests, their results were negative.
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“Police are still in a place where the circumstances of the car accident are still being investigated,” she said around 8 pm, adding that the identity of the injured man is still unknown. After 9 pm, the road was fully passable.
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