On Monday around 2 p.m., the fire brigade from the Midwest zone was called to Koolskampstraat in Lichtervelde. There, a white van veered off the road for an unknown reason. He crashed into a tree and ended up in the ditch.
The driver was lying in the passenger seat and had to be freed from the car by the fire brigade. The man was seriously injured in his thigh and pelvis, but is not in critical condition. He was immediately taken to hospital. The van was also severely damaged and was towed.
It is not yet clear how the accident happened. The police have started an investigation. Due to the accident, traffic had to pass alternately along part of Koolskampstraat for a while.
