Friedberg.

A driver died in an accident on Autobahn 5 near Friedberg in der Wetterau.

The 31-year-old collided with his car heading north at a construction site against crash barriers on Saturday night, the police said.

The car overturned, hit other crash barriers and only came to rest after 200 meters.

According to the police, the driver was probably not buckled up at the time of the accident.

Freiensteinau.

A 15-year-old was killed in a traffic accident in the Vogelsberg district. In addition, a 20-year-old man and a 14-year-old youth were seriously injured, according to the police. According to initial investigations, the 20-year-old lost control of his car in a long left-hand bend in Freiensteinau on Saturday night for an initially unexplained cause. The car came off the road and hit a tree. The 15-year-old passenger was injured so badly that he died at the scene of the accident. The other two were taken to hospital seriously injured. The prosecutor is investigating.

Bad Hersfeld.

A pedestrian was killed in a traffic accident in Bad Hersfeld (Hersfeld-Rotenburg district).

The man was hit by a car on Friday afternoon in two parking spaces, the police said.

The exact course of the accident was initially unknown.

Reichelsheim.

In an accident with a self-made soap box, there were two injured in Reichelsheim (Odenwaldkreis).

Two 20-year-olds and a 19-year-old woman had lost control of their vehicle in a curve on Friday evening and overturned, the police said.

They were thrown out of the soap box.

Two of them were taken to a hospital.