North Rhine-Westphalia: 71-year-old drives against bridge piers and dies

Schwerte (dpa / lnw) - A 71-year-old died in a car accident in Schwerte (Unna district). The police said on Thursday that he had left the road with his car late on Wednesday evening and drove unbraked into a bridge pier. The man was taken to a hospital and died there. The cause of the accident was initially unclear.