After a serious car accident with three dead and one seriously injured in Hofheim am Taunus the investigations continue. A police spokesman announced on Monday, is the cause of the accident remains unclear.

According to initial findings, the investigators assume that no other car was involved in the accident. The four young people between the ages of 17 and 18 years on Friday in a car together on the way.

The driver came to the police with the car from the country road, the car shot up the embankment and crashed into a tree. The 18-year-old driver was seriously injured but survived. His three passengers died.