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Groß Oesingen (dpa / lni) - A man was killed in a serious accident involving three cars near Gifhorn.
Several people were seriously injured, including a nine-year-old child, a police spokesman said on Friday evening.
A 58-year-old ran into oncoming traffic in his van on the B4 in Groß Oesingen in the afternoon.
There he collided with the car of a 22-year-old and crashed head-on into another car.
The 57-year-old driver of this car died at the scene of the accident.
His 55-year-old passenger and their nine-year-old granddaughter were seriously injured and were taken to hospital by helicopter.
At first, the speaker could not say whether there was any danger to life.
The person who caused the accident was also seriously injured, his 19-year-old co-driver and the 22-year-old from the other car suffered minor injuries. Everyone came to the hospital. The road was clear again around 8 p.m. Several media had reported about the accident.