Hesse: 31-year-old dies in a car accident

Schluechtern (dpa/lhe) - A 31-year-old driver died in an accident on Autobahn 66 near Schluechtern (Main-Kinzig-Kreis). He died at the scene of the accident on Sunday morning, a police spokeswoman said. For reasons that have not yet been clarified, he hit the central barrier and then threw his car across the road. The Autobahn 66 was completely closed in one direction by noon.