Overview
- On the K91 southeast of Kassel, a presumed ice-related head-on collision on December 26 left a 73-year-old woman dead and two others seriously injured, with prosecutors seizing both vehicles and appointing an expert.
- Early December 27 on the A1 between Ahlhorner Dreieck and Wildeshausen-West, extreme icing and fog led to a five-vehicle crash that injured 13 people, forcing rescuers to escalate to a mass-casualty response and advance in small steps on an ice-slick roadway.
- In Bad Reichenhall, a 74-year-old driver with an iced-over windshield struck a 96-year-old man in an electric wheelchair, who was hospitalized with severe injuries as police opened a negligent bodily harm investigation.
- Police in Lower Saxony say a 27-year-old crashed his Audi into a Staubecken after speeding on a winter-slick road, later testing at 1.55‰ alcohol and admitting cannabis use, prompting a criminal case and on-the-spot license seizure.
- In the Münsterland, investigators report a 56-year-old allegedly stabbed her daughter’s 27-year-old partner during a roadside dispute, causing serious but not life-threatening injury before the suspect turned herself in and was to be brought before a judge.