Leingarten (dpa / lsw) – A 22-year-old died in Leingarten (Heilbronn district) in a head-on collision between a car and a truck. The man could only be rescued dead from his car on Sunday afternoon, the police said.
The young man was driving his car on federal highway 293 from Eppingen towards Heilbronn. At the level of the Leingarten industrial area, he then drove into oncoming traffic and crashed into the oncoming truck of a 47-year-old woman. The reason for the swerving into the opposite lane was initially unclear. The main road had to be completely closed for several hours.