Overview

• The collision occurred Wednesday afternoon on the L3021 between Weinbach and Freienfels in Hesse.
• Police report the family's Opel drifted into oncoming traffic in a curve, sideswiped a BMW, then struck a pickup head-on as vehicles caught fire.
• First responders pulled the man and the child from the Opel, and both were airlifted to specialist clinics.
• The man died in hospital and the woman, identified as the child's mother, also died from the crash.
• Three additional people were injured and the road was closed during rescue and recovery operations.