The article, translated from German into English:
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One dead, one seriously injured, a broken super-sports car and a mile-long traffic jams - the remainder of a horrific crash yesterday morning on the A3.
Ten o'clock, just behind the Wiesbaden-based cross. Light rain. A U.S. sports car racing in the direction of Cologne. The convertible suddenly lurches, crashing into the middle guardrail.
The car pushed its front under the braces, and the roof was torn off. The driver (age 48) died, his co-driver (age 50) was seriously injured.
"The tail broke out at once, then the vehicle was no longer tenable", witnesses reported.
The car was a "Dodge Viper" (named after the slender snake with a flattened head). The U.S. car (base price of 110,000Euro) has a 10-cylinder engine with 8 liters of displacement, 456 hp, and 295 km/h top speed. The power of the car was probably the two Dutchmen's undoing.
Cause of the accident: probably driving too fast on wet pavement. Witnesses speak of worn rear tires.
The A3 was completely closed until 11:35, then flowed on one lane of traffic on the hard shoulder.
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...best of wishes to the two families left behind by this terrible accident.
