Head-on collision near Jarocin leaves four injured, including two children; one driver trapped and helicopter lands

Head-on crash on the Żerków–Jarocin road

• A head-on crash between two cars on the Żerków–Jarocin road injured four people, including two children aged 2 and 9.
• One person was trapped in a vehicle, and firefighters, police, paramedics and a rescue helicopter responded.
• Preliminary police findings point to an 18-year-old driver of an Opel as the one who pulled out in front of the Hyundai.

A head-on collision between two passenger cars happened on Wednesday morning on the county road linking Żerków and Jarocin, in Greater Poland. Fire services received the report at about 7:25 a.m. (Czołowe zderzenie dwóch aut. Jedna osoba jest uwięziona. Ląduje śmigłowiec – Jarocinska.pl) (Czołowe zderzenie dwóch aut. Cztery osoby poszkodowane, w tym DWOJE dzieci – Fakty Kaliskie)

The caller said one person was trapped inside a vehicle and that children were involved.

Rescue operation

Three fire crews, police and paramedics were dispatched to the site. A crew from the Polish Air Ambulance (Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe) also flew in by helicopter. (Czołowe zderzenie aut na drodze Żerków–Jarocin. Wśród rannych dwoje dzieci | Goniec – goniec.pl)

Rescuers treated four injured people. Among them were a 9-year-old and a 2-year-old child. Firefighters worked to free the person pinned in the wreckage. (Poważny wypadek pod Jarocinem. Wśród poszkodowanych są dzieci – WLKP24.info)

Initial findings

Police said preliminary findings indicate that an 18-year-old woman from Żerków, driving an Opel with a passenger, pulled out into the path of a Hyundai carrying two people, a woman and a child, which was travelling correctly. The two cars collided head-on.

The cause of the crash and the condition of the injured have not been fully confirmed.