Rescuers free injured person from car after crash in Jūrmala

On Friday evening, 13 November, a passenger car crashed in Jūrmala, a resort city near Riga. Rescuers freed one person from the vehicle and handed them over to medical personnel, the State Fire and Rescue Service reported.

The service received the call to Jūrkalnes Street at 22:13. Rescuers used hydraulic tools to extract the person from the car. At the scene they also disconnected the car's battery terminals and cleared the carriageway. The rescue operation ended at 23:19.

Road accidents across the country on Friday

According to information compiled by the State Police, 15 people were injured in road accidents across Latvia on Friday. Four of the injured were pedestrians and two were cyclists.

The largest number of accidents was registered in the Riga region, with 94. Kurzeme saw 25 accidents, Vidzeme and Zemgale 17 each, and Latgale 11.