Four people were slightly injured in a traffic accident at the junction of a country road and a federal highway in Lünne. According to initial findings, a 57-year-old driver of a van wanted to drive from the L58 ​​onto the B70 in the direction of Bramsche on Friday afternoon around 4 p.m police announced. A collision occurred with a car that, according to initial findings, had the right of way on the federal highway.

The driver of the van and his two passengers, aged 51 and 18, suffered minor injuries. The 64-year-old driver of the car was also slightly injured.

According to current investigations, failure to give way could have led to the accident. In addition, the 64-year-old driver is said to have overtaken a vehicle in front immediately before the junction. The police are investigating exactly what happened.

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