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Römerberg (dpa / lrs) - Two police officers barely escaped a collision with an oncoming car while on a patrol in the Palatinate.
Its driver had swerved into the opposite lane while overtaking another car on Kreisstraße 25.
At the level of the municipality of Römerberg (Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis) there was almost a collision with the car of the officials, as the police announced on Sunday.
A head-on collision could only have been avoided by emergency braking of the patrol car, the message said.
The police followed the speeder on Saturday, then stopped and checked it.
The 19-year-old driver's justification for the risky overtaking maneuver was that he wanted to come to an appointment on time.
He received a complaint about endangering road traffic.
He had to surrender his driver's license.
Notice from the police