Tram collides with car in Riga, rescuers free injured person
On Saturday in Riga, a route 1 tram collided with a passenger car on Ropažu Street, and one person was injured. The State Fire and Rescue Service also reported several other incidents over the past day.
A route 1 tram and a passenger car collided in Riga, on Ropažu Street, shortly after 9 a.m. on Saturday. The State Fire and Rescue Service (VUGD) reported that one person was injured.
Rescuers used hydraulic tools to free the injured person from the car and handed them over to paramedics of the Emergency Medical Service (NMPD). A second person got out of the car without help. At the scene, rescuers disconnected the car's battery terminals and cleared the roadway.
Other call-outs
Shortly before 10 p.m., VUGD received a call to Rožupe parish in Līvāni municipality, where a passenger car had driven into a ditch. Rescuers again used hydraulic tools to free an injured person and passed them to NMPD paramedics, and also disconnected the battery terminals.
At 00.28 on the night leading into Sunday, rescuers were called to Raiņa Street in Lielvārde. A car had slid off the road and crashed into the wall of a house. Five people got out of the vehicle before rescuers arrived. The injured were taken to the NMPD transport using a spine board, and work at the scene ended at 1.43 a.m.
On Saturday at 5.42 p.m., a call came from Ērģeme parish in Valka municipality, where two people had got lost in a bog. They were found on an island in an inaccessible boggy area, using the coordinates they had sent and contact by mobile phone. The operation ended at 8.54 p.m.
Over the past 24 hours, VUGD received 52 calls in total: 17 to extinguish fires, 24 for rescue work, and 13 were false alarms.
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