Sömmerda (dpa/th) - When two cars collided near Sömmerda, five people were seriously injured. A 24-year-old driver drove his car into the oncoming lane in a right-hand bend on Sunday, a police spokesman said. There was a collision between his car and the oncoming vehicle of a 43-year-old driver.
Drivers and the woman's 13-year-old passenger and two passengers in the man's car, aged 22 to 26, were seriously injured. A passenger in the 24-year-old's car escaped with minor injuries. The road remained closed for more than three hours.
