When a car crashed into a tree, three people died on the Lower Rhine - including a child and an infant. A passenger was seriously injured and was being treated in a hospital, the police said on Monday evening. Four people were traveling in North Rhine-Westphalia in the car.

According to initial findings, the investigators assume that the car wanted to overtake a tractor near Rheurdt-Schaephuysen in the Kleve district on Monday afternoon and went off the road for an unknown reason. "An unimaginable picture of what the emergency services have to offer," said a police spokeswoman. Psychosocial support is offered to the emergency services.