Overview

• Late Saturday near Wildeshausen, a 25-year-old’s abrupt lane change triggered a three-car crash that killed a 40-year-old and left his 39-year-old passenger in critical condition, according to police.
• On the A2 at Bönen around 0:45 on Saturday, a 22-year-old lost control while avoiding a sudden lane change by another vehicle; three were injured and a 23-year-old passenger is life-threatening as officers seek the other driver.
• Munich police report two young men are suspected of an illegal race on the Mittlerer Ring that left a 57-year-old woman seriously hurt; both Audis were seized and witnesses to a possible third car are requested.
• In Saalfeld, investigators are searching for a hit-and-run driver after a 26-year-old motorcyclist was badly injured during a risky overtake, with clues pointing to a black Golf-like car with HN and “IT” plate fragments and a missing left mirror.
• In Jena on Friday evening, an ethanol flash fire outside a restaurant formed a three-meter flame that burned three people, two seriously, with one patient airlifted to a specialist clinic as police review footage and witness reports.