Overview
- The A59 toward Leverkusen is fully closed for eight months from October 16, shifting traffic onto the parallel A3 where WDR reported up to 10 kilometers of congestion between Kreuz Hilden and Leverkusen-Opladen.
- In Taunusstein-Hahn, a 17-year-old passenger died and two others were seriously injured after a car left the B275; a court-appointed expert has been commissioned to reconstruct the crash.
- Berlin police arrested a 24-year-old after a pursuit through Charlottenburg in which he caused collisions, briefly drove on a sidewalk and into oncoming traffic, discarded a firearm, and was found with drugs and cash.
- A cyclist in Hamburg-Langenhorn suffered life-threatening injuries around 5:20 a.m. after being struck by a car on Langenhorner Chaussee, which was fully closed for the investigation.
- Police in Heiligenhaus warned around 20 drivers for illegally entering a closed B227 construction zone and announced continued controls as the holiday-period works proceed.