Hesse: 41-year-old dies after an accident on the A480

Gießen (dpa/lhe) - A woman died in an accident on the Autobahn 480 near Gießener Nordkreuz and two children were seriously injured.

Hesse: 41-year-old dies after an accident on the A480

Gießen (dpa/lhe) - A woman died in an accident on the Autobahn 480 near Gießener Nordkreuz and two children were seriously injured. The 41-year-old lost control of her car on a rain-soaked road on Friday afternoon for an unknown reason, the police said. The car, in which the two children aged four and seven were sitting, skidded and landed in front of the van of a 42-year-old. The man hit the driver's side of the car head-on.

The seriously injured driver of the car was taken to hospital by ambulance, police said. She succumbed to her injuries a short time later. The two children were seriously injured and also taken to a clinic - the four-year-old with a rescue helicopter. The driver of the van was uninjured. The highway had to be temporarily closed for four and a half hours. An expert is to investigate the accident.