Overview
- Police confirm a 16-year-old moped rider died after a collision with a following SUV on the B110 near Sanitz; a 67-year-old driver faces a negligent homicide investigation and the road was closed until morning.
- A 23-year-old driver was killed in a crash with a truck on the A43 near Haltern am See, with one other person seriously injured and the motorway shut for hours during forensic work.
- On the A3 near Regensburg, at least six people were injured and traffic toward Nürnberg was fully halted after a Kleinbus struck a small van; officers are testing the suspicion of microsleep in foggy conditions.
- Multiple pursuits and evasions ended in arrests and proceedings, including cases in Gelsenkirchen, Nordhessen and Osnabrück, where suspects tested positive for alcohol or drugs, lacked licenses or drove unregistered cars.
- Further incidents linked to intoxication included a driver with 3.29‰ on the A36 near Quedlinburg, a 1.93‰ hit-and-run in Wildeshausen, an alcohol-suspected crash in Hamm, and a serious hit-and-run against a 71-year-old in Berlin, prompting blood tests, license seizures and temporary road closures.