Bernburg (dpa/sa) - A 56-year-old crashed his car into a tree in Bernburg (Salzland district) and died. According to the police, the man drove his car off the road between Bernburg and Poley on Thursday morning and initially collided with a traffic sign. He then drove through a ditch and crashed into a tree. The 56-year-old was trapped in the car and succumbed to his injuries at the scene of the accident. The arriving police officers and first responders freed the man from the car, which caught fire shortly afterwards.
According to the police, it is still unclear exactly how the accident happened. The road was blocked for about four hours after the accident.
