Two Fatal Accidents Claim Lives in Germany's North Rhine-Westphalia

A 27‑year‑old employee died after a severe workplace accident on a high‑voltage power line in Selm. The incident involved an electric arc and a fall from the line on Nordkirchener Straße, and investigators are still examining the cause.

In a separate incident near Marsberg‑Erlinghausen, a 76‑year‑old man was killed when an unmanned tractor rolled onto a farmyard road and struck him. Police from the Hochsauerlandkreis district and a specialized traffic accident team are investigating the circumstances of the crash.