Thuringia: Family seriously injured after a collision with a tanker

Jena/Stadtroda (dpa/th) - A family of three was seriously injured in an accident on Autobahn 4 between the Jena and Stadtroda junctions. The 51-year-old driver of the car left the middle lane to the right of the roadway on Tuesday evening for reasons that have not yet been explained and crashed into a tanker, the police said on Wednesday night. The 49-year-old woman and the 16-year-old son of the driver were also seriously injured. All three were taken to hospitals. The driver of the tanker was uninjured. Due to the operational measures, the motorway in the direction of Dresden was completely closed for around 25 minutes.