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Fatal A46 Wrong‑Way Crash and Bucheon Market Rampage Drive Sweeping Police Probes

Investigators pivot to blood tests, expert reconstructions, custody requests after the latest fatality.

Overview

  • A46, NRW: a 33-year-old alleged wrong-way driver collided head-on with a 47-year-old whose death was confirmed in hospital; police took blood samples from the suspect, secured his licence and kept the Heinsberg-bound carriageway closed until early afternoon.
  • Bucheon, South Korea: a small truck ploughed about 150 meters through a street market, killing two and injuring 19; police arrested a man in his 60s, applied for a warrant and are analyzing the vehicle’s data recorder after he claimed sudden unintended acceleration, with alcohol tests negative.
  • Bruchsal, Baden-Württemberg: prosecutors are treating a late-night knife attack as suspected attempted homicide after a 23-year-old was stabbed in the neck; a helicopter-assisted manhunt is underway with the suspects still at large.
  • Bochum, North Rhine–Westphalia: police released an image of a dark-blue Opel Astra G tied to a hit-and-run that left a 25-year-old pedestrian critically injured, urging eyewitnesses and drivers with dashcam footage to come forward.
  • Freigericht, Hesse: a 58-year-old was crushed between a tractor and a ride-on mower during a recovery attempt; investigators ordered a blood test for the 34-year-old tractor driver, who was slightly under the influence, and opened a negligent bodily injury case with an expert review.