Woman, 66, dies in head-on crash on Germany’s B101

A 66-year-old woman died in a head-on crash on Wednesday shortly before 9 a.m.

on the B101 in Germany’s Elbe-Elster district.

The collision involved a BMW and a Dacia between Beutersitz and the Wahrenbrück turnoff, near Uebigau-Wahrenbrück.

Emergency crews reached the scene, but the woman driving the Dacia was found dead in her car.

The BMW driver, aged 21, was seriously injured and flown to hospital by helicopter.

The crash left both cars badly damaged, and authorities seized them for further investigation.

The B101 was closed while rescue and recovery work took place, and investigators brought in Dekra to help establish how the crash happened.

The findings are still being investigated.