A bad accident occurs in Baden-Württemberg on Sunday morning.
A wrong-way driver crashes head-on into a car.
Three people are killed.
Pforzheim - In an accident on Autobahn 8 near Pforzheim in Baden-Württemberg, three people were killed early on Sunday morning.
According to a police press release, the accident occurred around 3:45 a.m.
Wrong-way driver collides head-on into the car: three people die, two other people seriously injured
A 35-year-old wrong-way driver is named by the police as the cause of the accident.
According to the official information, the man had driven his car from a parking lot against the direction of travel on the highway.
There the car crashed head-on into another car - a Renault.
Two of the occupants of this car died and two others were seriously injured.
The 35-year-old wrong-way driver also succumbed to his injuries.
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The car wreck of the wrong-way driver who crashed head-on into another car on the A8 near Pforzheim.
© Markus Rott / Einsatz-Report24 / dpa
After an accident with a wrong-way driver: Complete closure of the A8
As a police spokesman said, further details were not initially known.
The A8 between Pforzheim-Ost and Pforzheim-Nord was completely closed.
According to their press release, the police are looking for witnesses.
A serious accident also recently occurred on the A92 in Bavaria.
A young mechanic (18) came to the aid of a truck driver and was seriously injured himself.
(mbr / dpa)