Dornstadt (dpa / lsw) - A truck driver left the lane on Autobahn 8 near Ulm and had a fatal accident. Four occupants of a car were seriously injured in a subsequent collision with the truck on Friday morning, police said. According to the information, the unloaded truck had left the road at Dornstadt (Alb-Donau-Kreis) in the direction of Munich, then broke through the concrete crash barrier, was thrown over a protective wall and overturned on the oncoming lane.
A car driving in the direction of Munich collided with the truck lying on the side of the road. Paramedics took the four occupants to hospitals. According to police, the driver of the truck was trapped and died at the scene of the accident. According to the police, the A8 was still closed in the direction of Munich on Friday morning at Dornstadt. The cause of the accident was initially unclear.
