North Rhine-Westphalia: Motorcyclist dies after a collision with a tractor

Brakel (dpa / lnw) - A 48-year-old motorcyclist was fatally injured in a collision with a tractor on Wednesday in Brakel (Höxter district). When the tractor driver wanted to turn left from the road onto a dirt road, the oncoming motorcyclist slammed on the brakes and fell off the machine, the police said in the evening. The man was injured so badly that he died at the scene of the accident - although the police had tried to revive him.