Overview

• On the A3 near Parsberg, a 32-year-old mother and her newborn died after the family SUV left the road in heavy rain; the father and a three-year-old were seriously injured as prosecutors appointed an expert to reconstruct the crash.
• On the B19 near Würzburg, a 65-year-old wrong-way driver was killed in a multi-vehicle collision that injured three others and shut the road for hours, with police also probing onlookers who filmed the scene.
• In Lippstadt, a head-on collision killed a 71-year-old driver and his 70-year-old passenger after a 21-year-old’s van crossed into oncoming traffic; a child and the van driver suffered serious injuries as specialists documented the site.
• In Hamburg-Langenhorn, four people were injured when a car struck a light pole and rolled onto its side; police reported a positive alcohol test for the driver and cited speed not adapted to conditions.
• In Thaur, Austria, a 20-year-old man struck in a September hit-and-run died in hospital; police had previously traced the suspected driver and black SUV with Ukrainian plates, and an autopsy was ordered.