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Otterfing (dpa / lby) - The driver of a pickup truck went off the lane on Tuesday on the A8 from Salzburg towards Munich, got into the grass verge and was critically injured.

His co-driver suffered minor injuries.

The vehicle had overturned several times in the accident in the area of ​​the Hofoldinger forest and then came to rest behind the guardrail, said the motorway police.

The fire brigade released the 31-year-old driver from the van.

He was flown to a Munich hospital in a rescue helicopter.

The passenger could leave the vehicle himself.

A lane was closed for about an hour and a half to record the accident.

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