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Authorities Probe Deadly Weekend Traffic Crashes Across Germany

Investigations are underway to determine how excessive speed or impairment contributed to multiple fatal collisions

Overview

  • On Saturday evening on the B472 near Bad Heilbrunn, an 84-year-old driver lost control of her Opel Corsa, overturned and died at the scene.
  • In Illerkirchberg, a 22-year-old motorist’s high-speed loss of control killed a 65-year-old cyclist and a 20-year-old passenger when the car struck a high-voltage mast.
  • Motorcyclists were killed in separate incidents in Dresden and Solingen after collisions with a Kleintransporter and a bus, respectively.
  • A heavily intoxicated 41-year-old driver crashed through a Groitzsch roundabout on the B176 and was hospitalized as police opened a DUI investigation.
  • Single-vehicle rollovers on the L763 near Trendelburg and the B242 between Hasselfelde and Trautenstein claimed lives and forced road closures while state police review reckless driving patterns.