Overview

• On the A8 near Bad Reichenhall, a Skoda Yeti struck a stationary lorry on the shoulder, killing a 65-year-old passenger and sending the 67-year-old driver to a Salzburg hospital.
• In the A8 case, police called in an accident expert for reconstruction and closed the Salzburg-bound carriageway for about four hours.
• On a supermarket parking lot in Schwäbisch Gmünd, a 45-year-old lying on the roadway was run over by a Mazda driver and later died in hospital, with poor visibility cited and a forensic expert assigned.
• In Görlitz, a Ford Fiesta overturned, leaving a 26-year-old passenger seriously injured as quick tests indicated cannabis and 0.38‰ alcohol for the 28-year-old driver, who lacked a valid licence and was driving a likely unregistered car.
• In Wuppertal, firefighters cut open an overturned vehicle to free an 82-year-old driver after a single-car crash on the B7, with police noting a possible medical emergency as a cause.