Accident in Rümlingen BL
Firefighter († 53) dies on the way to use
A fire brigade officer had an accident on Monday on the way to an operation in Rümlingen BL. The man died in the process.
According to initial findings, a medical cause is likely to be responsible for the accident.
A fire brigade officer was on Monday, around 2 p.m., with his on-call vehicle coming from Rünenberg on the donkey path in the direction of Rümlingen BL. For reasons that have not yet been fully clarified, he collided with the right-hand side of the road on the sloping road, causing the vehicle to tip over onto the left-hand side.
In the following left turn, the skidding vehicle got back on its wheels and came to a standstill on the roadway.
«Medical cause is in the foreground»
After resuscitation by a police patrol and paramedics, the 53-year-old was flown to a hospital by helicopter. Shortly thereafter, the fire brigade officer died in the hospital, according to the Basel-Landschaft police.
When investigating the accident, the focus is on a medical cause. The damaged vehicle had to be loaded and taken away by a towing company. (jmh)