Overview
- A 59-year-old driver died after his car left the road near Grünberg in central Hesse on Tuesday morning and struck a tree.
- Rescue crews airlifted the man to a clinic, but sustained resuscitation efforts were unsuccessful, according to police.
- Authorities said the cause of the Grünberg crash remains unclear, and a court-appointed expert is reconstructing the sequence of events.
- The affected Kreisstraße between Ettingshausen and Harbach was fully closed for the investigation until 10:45 a.m.
- In a separate crash Monday evening between Stedtlingen and Willmars, a 19-year-old without a license and his 15-year-old passenger were seriously injured after hitting two trees, though police reported no danger to life.