Temnitztal (dpa / bb) - In a serious traffic accident in Temnitztal (Ostprignitz-Ruppin district), four people were seriously injured in the evening.

All had to be operated on, as the police announced.

The driver had previously skidded with the vehicle in a curve, hit a power pole and then crashed into a house wall, it was said.

"One person was thrown from the car, three other occupants were trapped and not accessible," said a police spokesman.

Overall, the rescue workers would have needed about an hour to free the occupants from the car.

Three rescue helicopters brought the four seriously injured people to a hospital, where they were operated on.