THE family of a Scotland fan who was injured in a head on crash on his way to the Euros have rushed to his hospital bedside in Germany.

Gary Ellis, 23, was travelling with his four pals from Weeze Airport to the Euros.

Police believe the Scots used the “wrong lane” when their rental Citroen C3 was being driven on the left – rather than the right – as it exited Weeze Airport, in the Lower Rhine region, just after midnight.

The incident involving the group from Dundee happened on Thursday.

A 25-year-old driver and a 23-year-old passenger were seriously injured, with the other three men, all aged 23, “slightly injured”.

It is unknown the severity of Gary’s injuries.

The car collided with a Mercedes Benz S Class being driven by a 45-year-old man from Dusseldorf, who was also slightly injured.

All six people involved were taken to local hospitals.

Mandy Coleman, Gary’s mum, told The Courier she would update family and friends when they were at his bedside.

Mandy posted on social media, said: “Our son has been involved in an accident in Germany and we are currently making arrangements to get out there to be with him.”

A statement by German police said: “On Friday at around 00:10 a.m., a traffic accident occurred on the airport ring in Weeze, in which two people were seriously injured and four people were slightly injured.

“A 25-year-old Scotsman was travelling with four other men from Scotland (25, 23, 23 and 23 years old) in a rental car, a Citroen C3, after arriving at the airport to travel on to Düsseldorf.

“The five men were a group of friends who had travelled to Germany for UEFA EURO 2024.

“On the way from the terminal towards the exit, the man from Scotland drove in the lane for oncoming traffic.

“This resulted in a head-on collision with a Mercedes Benz S-Class driven by a 45-year-old man from Düsseldorf who was travelling towards the terminal.

“Based on the investigations as part of the accident report, it is suspected that the Scottish driver used the wrong lane due to the left-hand traffic in his home country.”

The statement added: “The driver of the Citroen and a 23-year-old passenger were seriously injured in the accident, while the driver of the Daimler-Benz and three other people in the Citroen were slightly injured.

“All of the people were taken to various hospitals in the region by the emergency services.”