North Rhine-Westphalia: car crashes into tree in Solingen: driver dead

Solingen (dpa / lnw) - A driver crashed his car into a tree in Solingen and was fatally injured. The 35-year-old was driving on the federal road 229 in the direction of Leichlingen on Saturday evening when the car left the road to the right for an unknown reason. Because, according to the police, he probably countersteered, the car then spun to the left across the entire lane and crashed into the tree on the side of the road. The force of the impact ripped out the front axle and completely destroyed the front half of the car. When rescue workers arrived at the scene of the accident, the man was no longer responsive. He died a little later in the hospital.