Overview
- Police discovered explosive materials and several fuel canisters in a VW Golf after a night-time collision on the A4 near Frechen, and specialists conducted a controlled detonation before the motorway reopened.
- The driver of the other vehicle was injured, at least two occupants fled on foot, and two men were later detained with their connection to the case still being verified.
- The state criminal police (LKA) assumed the investigation as officers examine a possible link to cash machine blasts, with further details expected from authorities.
- In a separate A73 crash near Dörfles-Esbach, a 40-ton truck carrying plastic scrap hit a warning trailer and overturned, injuring the 25-year-old driver and a maintenance worker and causing at least €200,000 in damage with hours-long recovery.
- Elsewhere, a tyre blowout set a trailer ablaze on the A14 near Ilberstedt with the driver uninjured and one lane closed for clearance, while a truck carrying laminate burned on the A44 between Zierenberg and Breuna, forcing a full closure and long queues as the injury status remained unclear.