Three people died in a serious accident on the A14 near Halle on Thursday.
That is what the police said.
Two cars and two vans were involved in the accident between the Trotha and Tornau junctions.
According to the MDR Saxony-Anhalt, 18 people were injured.
An amateur football team was sitting in one of the crashed vans.
In addition, an emergency vehicle collided with another vehicle on the way to the scene of the accident, causing three people to be slightly injured.