Overview

• On the A3 near Parsberg, a 32-year-old mother and her newborn died after the family’s SUV left the road and overturned in heavy rain, with a forensic expert appointed and the motorway closed for hours.
• A 65-year-old wrong-way driver was killed on the B19 near Würzburg, where three others were injured and police documented suspected bystander filming during the multi-vehicle crash investigation.
• In Lippstadt, a frontal collision killed a 71-year-old driver and his 70-year-old passenger, while a 21-year-old driver and an eight-year-old were seriously injured as traffic specialists began reconstruction work.
• In Hamburg-Langenhorn, four people were injured when a car struck a light mast and overturned; police cited inappropriate speed, recorded a positive alcohol test for the driver, and firefighters carried out an extrication.
• Police in Austria reported that a 20-year-old man hit by a fleeing driver in Thaur on September 20 has died, with an autopsy ordered as Kripo continues inquiries against an identified suspect and vehicle.