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The accident occurred during heavy rain at an intersection in Neustadt in the Oberottendorf district. Two cars collided, leaving an 83-year-old driver fatally injured.
An 83-year-old driver was fatally injured in an accident at an intersection in Neustadt in the Saxon Switzerland-Oster Ore Mountains district. During heavy rain in the evening, two cars collided in the Oberottendorf district, the police said.
The woman was trapped in her car and injured so badly that she died at the scene of the accident. The driver of the other car was taken to hospital with injuries. Further details about the accident were initially not known.
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