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Gütersloh (dpa / lnw) - With his eleven-year-old son in the passenger seat, a truck driver crashed into a breakdown truck with his vehicle.
The 55-year-old driver and the child were seriously injured in the accident on Autobahn 2 near Gütersloh late on Monday evening, the police said.
For reasons that were still unexplained, her tractor-trailer had driven into the truck parked on the hard shoulder because of a flat tire.
His right side of the vehicle crashed into the trailer of the parked vehicle.
The driver's cab was badly damaged by the impact.
The father and son were taken to hospital, but the police say there is no risk to their lives.
The 47-year-old driver of the broken down vehicle, who was in his driver's cab at the time of the accident, got away with minor injuries.
Two lanes were temporarily closed on the A2 in the direction of Hanover.
There were no major traffic delays.
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