Overview

• In Stralsund, a 78-year-old driver died after his car left the road for unknown reasons and struck a tree, according to police.
• Fire crews freed the seriously injured man from the vehicle as an emergency physician and an air-rescue helicopter were called, but he died at the scene.
• On Landesstraße 290 in the Helmstedt district, a 58-year-old from Braunschweig was killed when his car veered off in a left-hand curve and hit a tree.
• Police said the Helmstedt crash occurred Monday midday as the driver was heading toward Königslutter and for reasons not yet determined he drifted right before the impact.
• Both reports were carried by dpa based on police and rescue-service statements, and authorities say the causes are still under investigation.