Overview

• In Hesse, a collision near Weinbach killed a 36-year-old man and a 34-year-old woman, and a four-year-old was seriously hurt but not in life-threatening condition, police said.
• In Bavaria’s Aschaffenburg district, a 71-year-old driver died after a head-on crash near Sailauf, and investigators called in a specialist to reconstruct the scene.
• On Saxony’s A14 near Großweitzschen, a 20-year-old BMW driver struck a stationary transporter and later died in hospital, forcing a multi-hour closure toward Nossen.
• Other serious incidents included an 81-year-old’s death after a rollover in Teichland (Brandenburg) and a three-truck crash on the A12 that shut the Berlin-bound lanes for hours.
• Thursday’s commute was further disrupted when a transporter hit a queue on the A1 near Hamburg, severely injuring two car occupants and prompting lengthy lane closures.