Young man critically injured after single-car accident

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A man in his 20s is being treated at the hospital with life-threatening injuries after a car drove off the road in Flatås in southern Gothenburg on Tuesday night, according to Sahlgrenska University Hospital for Gothenburg Post.

The alarm came just after 1 am on Tuesday night and the man was taken to the hospital by ambulance. According to the rescue service, he drove off the road into a pole.

When the rescue personnel arrived, the man was unconscious and the car had "severe damage", reports GP.

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