17 January 2024, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg: Traffic on the A2 freeway is being diverted past the scene of an accident via the Magdeburg Zentrum exit and slip road. A 78-year-old wrong-way driver was killed in an accident there on Wednesday morning. Another person was seriously injured, according to the police. The man had driven onto the highway in the wrong direction. On the carriageway towards Hanover, his car then collided head-on with a van and hit another vehicle. The wrong-way driver died at the scene of the accident. One person in the van suffered serious injuries. Photo: Klaus-Dietmar G

17 January 2024, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg: Traffic on the A2 freeway is being diverted past the scene of an accident via the Magdeburg Zentrum exit and slip road. A 78-year-old wrong-way driver was killed in an accident there on Wednesday morning. Another person was seriously injured, according to the police. The man had driven onto the highway in the wrong direction. On the carriageway towards Hanover, his car then collided head-on with a van and hit another vehicle. The wrong-way driver died at the scene of the accident. One person in the van suffered serious injuries. Photo: Klaus-Dietmar G Stock Photo

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17 January 2024, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg: Traffic on the A2 freeway is being diverted past the scene of an accident via the Magdeburg Zentrum exit and slip road. A 78-year-old wrong-way driver was killed in an accident there on Wednesday morning. Another person was seriously injured, according to the police. The man had driven onto the highway in the wrong direction. On the carriageway towards Hanover, his car then collided head-on with a van and hit another vehicle. The wrong-way driver died at the scene of the accident. One person in the van suffered serious injuries. Photo: Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert/dpa

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