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Several people were injured in an accident involving four vehicles on Autobahn 7 north of Hamburg on Sunday evening.

A 27-year-old van driver came off the road to the right between the Quickborn and Schnelsen-Nord junctions for an unexplained cause, as the police announced on Monday.

He first hit the outer guardrail, hit the middle guardrail twice and finally stopped in the middle lane.

A 39-year-old driver behind the van and the 21-year-old driver of another car were able to stop their vehicles in good time.

However, the 61-year-old driver of a fourth car could no longer avoid it.

Your car collided with the cars, overturned as a result of the collision, and lay on its side.

The 61-year-old was seriously injured.

The person who caused the accident and his 29-year-old co-driver and the 39-year-old were slightly injured.

They came to hospitals.

In addition, three first aiders who helped the 61-year-old suffered minor cuts, a police spokesman said.

The 21-year-old was uninjured.

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There was property damage of around 120,000 euros.

The highway going south was closed for three hours.

The traffic was diverted at the Quickborn junction.