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Michelstadt (dpa / lhe) - In a collision with a garbage truck, a 63-year-old driver was seriously injured on the federal highway 47 in the Odenwald district on Friday afternoon.

For reasons that were initially unexplained, his car got into the oncoming lane near Michelstadt, where he collided with the van, the police announced.

The fire brigade had to free the 63-year-old from his vehicle.

He was taken to hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries.

The driver of the van was unharmed.

The main road had to be completely closed for around an hour and a half during the rescue work.

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