Four young people died in western Germany early on Saturday when a car driven by a 16-year-old veered off the road and hit a tree, reported dpa.
The driver was taken to hospital with serious injuries following the accident in the town of Kürten in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, a spokeswoman for the local authorities said.
The fatalities were two girls aged 14 and 16 and two 19-year-old men. The car belonged to the parents of the 16-year-old driver, said the spokeswoman.
For unclear reasons, the car left the road on a bend before hitting a tree and overturning, throwing one of the four fatalities from the vehicle. All four died at the scene.
The accident site remained closed in the morning and emergency counsellors were working at the scene.
In a separate incident early on Saturday, a 21-year-old driver and his female passenger of the same age died when their car hit a tree while evading a police check in south-western Germany.
Officers had tried to stop the vehicle while the pair were driving in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, a police spokesman said.
However, they fled from the location and crossed into the state of Saarland before the car veered off a country road near the town of Homburg, broke through the safety barrier and collided with a tree.
Meanwhile, a 21-year-old driver and his female passenger of the same age died when their car hit a tree while evading a police check in south-western Germany on Saturday morning, officials said, reported dpa.
Officers had tried to stop the vehicle while the pair were driving in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, according to a police spokesman.
However, they fled from the location and crossed into the state of Saarland before the car veered off a country road near the town of Homburg, broke through the safety barrier and collided with a tree.
"Both occupants of the vehicle were fatally injured," the spokesman said, noting that the police were not in the immediate vicinity at the time of the crash.
The road was closed off to allow the investigating authorities to reconstruct the accident.
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Source: www.dailyfinland.fi
