cov. A serious car accident occurred in Valais on Sunday. As the canton police announced on Monday, an 83-year-old died in the accident in Oberwald.
Shortly before 3 p.m., a motorist left his lane in a slight right-hand bend and collided head-on with another vehicle. Its driver was correctly on their track and had to be flown by helicopter to the Inselspital Bern after the collision with serious injuries. She is in mortal danger, writes the cantonal police of Valais. Her passenger, an 83-year-old man from the canton of Schaffhausen who lives in the canton of Aargau, died at the scene of the accident.
The driver of the second vehicle involved in the accident was also injured. He was also flown to the hospital in Sion by helicopter.
Prosecutors have launched an investigation to determine the exact circumstances of the accident.