Overview
- Police confirm a 34-year-old pedestrian died in Weil am Rhein after a city bus struck vehicles and passersby; several others, including the bus driver, were treated and investigators say an attack is ruled out.
- Wolfenbüttel authorities continue searching the rubble of a row house after a suspected explosion; an 83-year-old is missing, multiple people were treated, and a large multi-agency operation remains in place.
- Near Dornhausen (B13), a 17-year-old’s car flew about 50 meters and caught fire; firefighters needed roughly 30–40 minutes to free him, both teens were seriously injured, and police say the driver lacked a valid license.
- On the B588 at Wurmannsquick, a 20-year-old veered into oncoming traffic, triggering collisions that injured 11 people—five seriously—prompting hours-long closures and an ongoing cause investigation.
- Separate probes highlight suspected alcohol and flight from scenes: a 19-year-old in Germersheim had 1.38‰ and no license after an overturning crash, Düsseldorf police took a blood sample from a 24-year-old driver after a pedestrian was critically hurt, and officers located a fleeing suspect after an A1 crash while Bochum police seek witnesses in a suspected hit-and-run.