Thuringia: car left the road: driver fatally injured

Steinbach-Hallenberg (dpa/th) - A man had an accident with his car in Steinbach-Hallenberg (Schmalkalden-Meiningen district). The 82-year-old's car came off a sloping road on Monday afternoon for reasons that have not yet been clarified and collided head-on with a tree, the police said on Tuesday. The driver was not wearing his seat belt and was thrown from the car. He died at the scene of the accident, it was said.