{"id":7107,"date":"2026-11-05T21:28:52","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T19:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/2026\/11\/05\/a-car-veered-off-the-road-and-plunged-into-a-river-a-52-year-old-driver-was-injured-in-a-traffic-accident-in-the-mukachevo-district\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T21:28:52","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T19:28:52","slug":"a-car-veered-off-the-road-and-plunged-into-a-river-a-52-year-old-driver-was-injured-in-a-traffic-accident-in-the-mukachevo-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/2026\/11\/05\/a-car-veered-off-the-road-and-plunged-into-a-river-a-52-year-old-driver-was-injured-in-a-traffic-accident-in-the-mukachevo-district\/","title":{"rendered":"A car veered off the road and plunged into a river: a 52-year-old driver was injured in a traffic accident in the Mukachevo district"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The car lost control, veered off the road, and ended up directly in the water. The injured driver, who suffered leg injuries, was rushed to a hospital in Mukachevo.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A traffic accident <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/zakarpattia-news\/mukachevo-district\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/news-of-transcarpathia\/mukachevo-district\/\">in the Mukachevo district<\/a> nearly resulted in fatalities. The driver of a passenger car lost control on a difficult stretch of road, causing the vehicle to veer off the roadway and plunge into the riverbed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All emergency services\u2014ambulance crews, State Emergency Service rescuers, and police officers\u2014were promptly dispatched to the scene to rescue the person and address the aftermath of the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rescue of the Driver and Hospitalization<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first to arrive at the scene of the accident was Emergency Medical Service Team No. 711, led by paramedic M. M. Shelelo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the dangerous fall into the body of water, the driver survived:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The driver\u2019s injuries:<\/strong> The 52-year-old man sustained injuries to his limbs, specifically closed contusions of both knee joints;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>First aid:<\/strong> The paramedics promptly administered pain relief, provided emergency care, stabilized the patient\u2019s condition, and immobilized the injured areas;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hospitalization:<\/strong> The man was promptly transported by ambulance to the Mukachevo Hospital for a comprehensive inpatient examination.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">State Emergency Service personnel carried out a series of measures to remove the vehicle from the water and disconnect the car\u2019s battery to prevent a fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Warning for Drivers on Coastal Road Sections<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Emergency medical personnel and rescue workers are once again urging drivers to exercise greater caution while driving on Transcarpathian roads:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>be extremely careful on sections near bridges, dams, riverbeds, and sharp turns;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>strictly observe speed limits and take into account moisture levels and road surface conditions;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>do not get distracted by electronic devices while driving\u2014a split-second lapse in attention near a body of water poses a direct threat to life.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/103zak.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/103zak.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Transcarpathian Regional Center for Emergency Medical Care and Disaster Medicine (103 Transcarpathia).<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\"><br><br><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"864\" height=\"1080\" sizes=\"(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" data-id=\"5759\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_0256.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_0256.webp 864w, https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_0256-240x300.webp 240w, https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_0256-819x1024.webp 819w, https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_0256-768x960.webp 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"864\" height=\"1080\" sizes=\"(max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" data-id=\"5760\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_0257.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_0257.webp 864w, https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_0257-768x960.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_0257-240x300.webp 240w, https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_0257-819x1024.webp 819w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The car lost control, veered off the road, and ended up directly in the water. The injured driver, who suffered leg injuries, was rushed to a hospital in Mukachevo. A traffic accident in the Mukachevo district nearly resulted in fatalities. The driver of a passenger car lost control on a difficult stretch of road, causing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5759,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1389,1455,1391],"tags":[2028,1604,2029,2030,1797],"class_list":["post-7107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-zakarpattia-news","category-mukachevo","category-mukachevo-district","tag-a-car-fell-into-the-river","tag-in-the-mukachevo-region","tag-mukachevo-region-traffic-accident","tag-news-from-the-mukachevo-district","tag-traffic-accident"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}