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Cluster of German Road Crashes Injures Many as Police Treat Oktoberfest Death as Likely Medical

Police investigations into causes continue following emergency responses across several regions.

Overview

  • In Kammerstein (Landkreis Roth) a Ford Transit used as a schoolbus struck a parked car and overturned after the 52‑year‑old driver suffered a suspected medical emergency; she was resuscitated on site and stabilized, four schoolchildren sustained light injuries, and the parked car’s occupant was moderately hurt.
  • A frontal collision on Kreisstraße FÜ22 near Roßtal left three people injured, including an 18‑year‑old who was extricated by firefighters and a 34‑year‑old with suspected shoulder fracture, as police probe why one car drifted into oncoming traffic.
  • On the A60 near Mainz a chain‑reaction rear‑end crash involving five cars and a lorry caused two light injuries and a traffic jam of about six kilometres, with cleanup and a minor follow‑on contact between a passing truck and a parked ambulance reported.
  • In Wardenburg a 72‑year‑old motorist turning left drove onto a foot‑ and cycle path, seriously injuring a nine‑year‑old on a bicycle before the car broke through a cemetery hedge; the child was hospitalized and the driver was uninjured.
  • At Munich’s Oktoberfest a man found near the Riesenrad died despite prolonged resuscitation efforts, with police indicating a medical emergency is likely and no signs so far of third‑party involvement.