Overview
- Berlin police report the 39-year-old transporter driver in a Zehlendorf collision died after emergency surgery, as investigators examine an earlier suspected hit-and-run and possible intoxication; a 43-year-old woman and her three-year-old child were injured.
- In Dormagen, a six-vehicle A57 crash left a 46-year-old Audi driver critically hurt while a 35-year-old Mercedes driver, who allegedly smelled of alcohol and lacks a valid licence, is under investigation after the motorway was closed overnight.
- Thai authorities confirmed a German citizen died when a construction crane crashed onto a passenger train in Nakhon Ratchasima, prompting the transport minister to halt elevated road and rail projects for safety reviews, with a separate crane fall near Bangkok killing two more people a day later.
- Additional German crashes included a BMW that wedged under a lorry on the A4 in Thuringia, severely injuring a 23-year-old, and a three-vehicle collision on the A6 near Saarbrücken where a truck dragged an electric car about 100 meters, lightly injuring its 46-year-old driver.
- In Munich, prosecutors in the Burgrain derailment case alleged repeated failures and a “systematic cover-up,” seeking suspended prison sentences for two rail officials after five deaths in 2022, with a verdict due Monday at the Munich II regional court.