Overview

• The renewed submission from the Staatsanwaltschaft Schwerin is now before the Amtsgericht, which had previously returned the case for further investigations.
• The February 2024 collision involved a 69-year-old driver who struck a 65-year-old woman’s small car in a traffic-calmed zone; she died at the scene.
• Prosecutors say additional video was reviewed and rely on a medical expert opinion pointing to a condition that could have triggered the crash; media report the driver stated he suffered a seizure.
• The victim family’s lawyer, Ullrich Knye, rejects the medical conclusion, citing airbag data indicating about 140 km/h and an immediate hospital MRI showing no seizure signs, and he urges a murder indictment.
• Separate Friday incidents under police investigation include a fatal A1 rear-end crash near Cologne, three A70 accidents linked to speed on wet roads, a serious A44 collision involving a motorhome and rescued dogs, and an A9 crash after a tire failure that left six people injured.