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A convertible was in an accident on the Susten Pass on Thursday night. The car went off the road and crashed down a slope. The accident takes one death and two injuries.
(stg) The fatal accident occurred on Thursday around 6 pm A convertible with Belgian license plates left the Susten Pass for Wassen. Below Meien, in the Arnihöhe area, the car ran off the road for inexplicable reasons and fell about 35 meters down the slope, Uri canton police reported late at night.
According to police, one person was thrown out of the convertible in the accident; died at the scene of the accident. The other two occupants of the vehicle were seriously injured and received initial medical attention from Uri’s ambulance service. They were then transferred by air ambulance to the Uri canton hospital and to a hospital outside the canton.
Sustenpassstrasse closed for three hours
The police reported that 35,000 francs worth of property damage occurred to the vehicle and traffic facilities. The Sustenpass road had to be closed for about three hours due to the accident and rescue work.
The Uri Rescue Service, REGA, Air Glacier, the Wassen Fire Department, the Altdorf Base Fire Department, a regional funeral director, a regional towing company, the Uri prosecutor and the cantonal police of Uri were in action.
