Erfde (dpa / lno) - Two people were seriously injured in a rear-end collision near Erfde (Schleswig-Flensburg district).

On Saturday evening, a car and a tractor were traveling in the same direction on federal highway 202 when the driver hit the tractor from behind, as a police spokeswoman announced on Sunday morning.

The reason for this could be too high a speed of the car.

Two people were seriously injured in the collision and then taken to hospital.

The spokeswoman was initially unable to provide more detailed information about the injured.