On Friday morning (12 July) at around 7.15 a.m., police officers were called to a traffic accident on Weihestraße in Löhne. When the officers arrived, a heavily damaged VW Golf and VW Polo were on the road and were no longer roadworthy. According to the parties involved in the accident, a 78-year-old man from Löhne intended to drive his silver VW Golf from Weihestraße to the left into the parking lot of a supermarket. In doing so, he overlooked the driver of a VW Polo coming the other way. The 49-year-old from Löhne was driving in the direction of Oeynhausener Straße. Both drivers sustained minor chest injuries as a result of the collision. Both were taken to hospital in Bad Oeynhausen for outpatient treatment. The heavily damaged vehicles (EUR 16,000) had to be towed away from the scene of the accident. Leaking operating fluids were removed by the Löhne fire department.