Freihung (dpa / lby) - A 76-year-old motorist was killed in a collision with a truck in the Upper Palatinate.
As the police announced, the man was on the 299 federal road near Freihung (Amberg-Sulzbach district) on Monday morning.
While turning left, his vehicle was rammed by an oncoming truck.
The car slid into a ditch.
A first aider rescued the pensioner from the wreck.
But the man died at the scene of the accident.
The 54-year-old truck driver was taken to hospital with minor injuries.