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Early Tuesday night, a 53-year-old driver collided with three other cars at the red light at the Dornacherstrasse / Reinacherstrasse intersection. Paramedics from the Basel-Stadt ambulance took the five occupants of the four vehicles to the hospital for clarification, cantonal police said in a press release late Tuesday.
According to the prior knowledge of the police, the driver drove into the intersection shortly after 6 pm on Dornacherstrasse from Dreispitz. For reasons that have not yet been clarified, he drove uncontrollably towards the vehicles that were by the red light. One passenger car was in the left lane, two in the right lane. All four vehicles were so damaged in the accident that they had to be recovered.
A breath alcohol test on a 53-year-old driver showed a value of 0.0 mg / L. The Basel-Stadt prosecution had a blood / urine sample for further clarification. The intersection had to be partially closed for the duration of the accident registration, the recovery of the damaged vehicles and the cleaning of the accident site. The traffic service of the canton police was responsible for the diversion of traffic.
