Overview

• Police confirmed two men died after a Porsche left the L3276 near Schmitten and split on impact with trees, with the wreck seized and an expert appointed; no other vehicle is suspected.
• Vulnerable road users suffered severe injuries, including a mother’s three-year-old in Stuhr flown in life-threatening condition, an Elmshorn cyclist hit while crossing on green and airlifted, and a Bonn cyclist pulled from under a bus and resuscitated.
• Suspected impairment features in several probes, with a Harz bus driver testing positive for methamphetamine and THC, Duisburg officers finding nitrous‑oxide cylinders after a rollover, and Berlin police seizing about 90 grams of marijuana from a driver as lab tests are awaited.
• High-severity collisions prompted airlifts and long closures, including a motorcycle–tractor crash near Birkenau that left a 17-year-old rider and his passenger critically injured and an Ainring crash that left a 62-year-old woman severely hurt.
• Operational fallout included full road blocks, expert scene analyses and licence seizures, with a Leipzig crash into a power cabinet also triggering reported local power outages and a station shutdown.