Erlbach (dpa / lby) - A car driver hit a tree in the Altötting district and was fatally injured.

The 64-year-old was alone on the federal highway 588 on Monday night, as the police announced.

For an initially unknown cause, his car came off the road near Erlbach, hit a tree head-on and was thrown into the opposite ditch by the force of the impact.

The 64-year-old died at the scene of the accident.