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Several people, including a 7-year-old boy, have been seriously injured after a car crashed through multiple properties before eventually coming to a stop in a shed 10 feet in the air
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Police told local outlets that the out-of-control car, which was carrying a family of five, first hit a parked car and then struck the boy as he was playing on a trampoline on July 19
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The investigation into the incident is still ongoing, but authorities said alcohol was not a factor
Several people, including a 7-year-old boy, have been seriously injured after a car crashed through multiple properties before coming to a stop in a shed.
According to reports from local outlets Welt and Focus, a car carrying a family of five — including a 42-year-old male driver, a 43-year-old woman and three boys, ages 11, 12 and 13 — crashed in the town of Bohmte, Lower Saxony, in Germany on Saturday, July 19, at around 8 p.m. local time.
The car, a Volvo XC60, first collided with a parked car in a farmyard, and then smashed into a hedge before traveling into a nearby yard and hitting the 7-year-old boy, who was playing on his trampoline.
The car then flipped over and landed in the upper part of a shed, nearly 10 feet off the ground.
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A photo of the July 19 crash scene
Police told the outlets that the car seemingly traveled so far due to the slippery terrain.
Around 50 firefighters, 12 emergency volunteers, 12 ambulances, two rescue helicopters and more than a dozen police officers were called to the scene of the crash.
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One neighbor in the community, Daniela Viss, told TV 7 News that she had just gone inside her house when she heard the crash.
“I was sitting on the balcony all afternoon, and when it happened, I was inside eating. I just heard it crash loudly and thought, ‘Holy cow, what just happened?’ ” she said, per Focus. “We immediately ran outside and saw this car crash into the roof. The mother was just screaming. Then my boyfriend immediately called an ambulance, the police, everything.”
The 7-year-old boy sustained serious injuries and was taken to a nearby hospital, police told the outlets.
The driver and three boys suffered minor injuries, and the 43-year-old female passenger also sustained serious injuries. They were all taken to local hospitals.
Police told Welt that investigators took a blood sample from the driver, and his driver’s license and the vehicle were confiscated by the prosecutor’s office. A spokesperson told Focus that alcohol did not play a role in the incident. The investigation is ongoing.
Police did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for further information about the incident on Sunday, June 20.
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