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Fatal Crashes Across Germany Spur Drug Tests and Forensic Inquiries

Investigations now focus on impairment testing with expert reconstructions ordered by prosecutors.

Overview

  • On the L3276 near Feldberg, two men died after a Porsche left the road and hit trees; the car was seized and a court-appointed expert will reconstruct the crash.
  • In Hesse on the L3408 near Birkenau, a 17-year-old motorcyclist and his 21-year-old passenger suffered life‑threatening injuries in a collision with a tractor, prompting an expert review and a multi-hour road closure.
  • Berlin police reported finding roughly 90 grams of marijuana with a 20-year-old driver in Wedding after a crash that injured seven; a blood sample was taken and lab results are pending.
  • In Wernigerode, a bus driver tested positive for methamphetamine and THC after ramming a Mazda, leading to a blood draw, license seizure and a criminal investigation for endangering road traffic.
  • In a separate incident on the Berlin–Brandenburg border late Sunday morning, a driver allegedly hit three pedestrians in Lichterfelde and then struck a cyclist who died in Teltow, with the driver taken into custody.