Thuringia: A dead person after a serious accident on the A9 near Eisenberg

Eisenberg (dpa/th) - After a serious accident on the A9 between Eisenberg and Droyßig, the driver of a small van died. As a police spokesman said, the woman's car collided sideways with a car during an overtaking on Saturday night. The pickup truck then went off the roadway and caught fire. The woman died at the scene of the accident. The occupants of the other car, five people aged between nine and 46, suffered minor injuries in the accident.