Overview
- Police fully closed the A49 near Schwalmstadt after a pig transporter slid off the road and overturned, with vets rounding up escaped animals, several injured pigs euthanized, long queues reported and detours overloaded.
- BVG confirmed a January 12 to May 11, 2026 shutdown at Nollendorfplatz to replace 38 damaged ceiling fields, with U4 suspended, U1 ending at Gleisdreieck, U3 running Krumme Lanke–Spichernstraße, denser U2 headways and replacement buses.
- Deutsche Bahn rerouted Intercity services via Riesa after a lorry tore down a 15 kV overhead line at Großenhain on the Berlin–Dresden corridor, causing delays while repairs proceed.
- A RE6 driver was detained after a 2.67‰ breath test and sent to a clinic following an on‑track stop and a missed station, and a Wolfsburg bus driver with about 2.7‰ crashed into signs and a tree; investigations are underway.
- Police announced arrests and pretrial detention in a Kempten parking‑meter theft case exceeding €1 million and in an Ascheberg petrol‑station robbery linked to about 100 car break‑ins, while probes continue into a fatal schoolgirl bus collision in Ottersweier and a death found during a Bruchsal operation.