Overview

• On the A6 near Kaiserslautern, an Audi S8 and a VW Golf collided and burned, killing three people in the Golf and severely injuring the suspected Audi driver as officers seek the cause and witnesses.
• In Schwerte, an electric car reported by WDR as a Tesla struck a tree and caught fire, killing a man and two children, with police probing an attempted overtake involving three vehicles as two other occupants escaped before the blaze.
• At the Berlin–Brandenburg border, a 27-year-old was detained after two linked crashes left a cyclist dead and pedestrians seriously hurt, with a forensic inspection under way and toxicology pending.
• The RiderMan road race in Bad Dürrheim was halted after mass crashes injured about 70 riders, up to 20 seriously, as rescue teams deployed helicopters and organizers ruled out outside interference.
• Additional collisions snarled major routes, including an A3 crash near Frankfurt after a breakdown that caused injuries and long closures, a four-car pileup on the A9 by Beelitz with three minor injuries, and a high-speed VW crash into a bus shelter in Hann. Münden injuring four youths.