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Halberstadt (dpa / sa) - An 87-year-old driver suffered a weakness at the wheel and was seriously injured in an accident.

The man was walking in the courtyard of a residential complex in Halberstadt on Saturday when he lost control of his car, the police announced on Sunday.

The car rolled over a lawn, through a hedge, and brushed against a tree.

It stopped at a mailbox system.

The 87-year-old was seriously injured in the impact.

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