Terrible accident on the A261: Driver with helicopter to the hospital!

Terrible accident on the A261: Driver with helicopter to the hospital!

On Wednesday, April 3, 2025, a serious traffic accident occurred on the A261 motorway towards Bremen, more precisely at Sieversen. The Leversen-Sieversen volunteer fire brigade was alerted because a person was trapped in a vehicle. According to reports from harburg-aktuell.de came a toyota to the right of the road, drove down the embankment and overturned after about 40 meters.

The fire brigade had to free the driver from the vehicle. After the initial supply by the emergency services, the driver was initially treated in the ambulance. Then it was decided to transport the patient to a clinic with a rescue helicopter. To do this, the highway had to be closed temporarily to enable the helicopter landing. Traffic builds up to the Hamburg Südwest motorway junction.

Details

As also from Kreiszeitung-wochenblatt.de , the emergency services were first on site and freed the person from the vehicle. The fire brigade focused on securing the scene of the accident and fire protection during the operation. After the patient was brought to the ambulance with a stretcher and cared for, the vehicle could be erected and secured by the fire brigade. There were no operating materials.

The fire brigade had support from the volunteer fire brigades of Tötensen and a rescue vehicle from the Rade fire brigade. The duration of use was just over 1.5 hours. The site was handed over to the police after the rescue helicopter was departed.