Overview
- A pedestrian died at the scene in Witten after being run over by a lorry on Schloßstraße, with a specialist accident team and a drone documenting the site and the road closed to traffic.
- On the L568 near Stockhausen in the Göttingen district, a frontal collision left one driver dead despite prolonged resuscitation efforts, and several others were injured as investigators mapped the crash.
- In Gelsenkirchen, a 24-year-old woman died from stab wounds and a 27-year-old suspect was arrested at the scene, with prosecutors seeking pre-trial detention and an autopsy scheduled.
- A 58-year-old who fled police at high speed across the Allgäu crashed head-on into a parked patrol car near Steingaden, was detained after attempting to run, and faces inquiries as officers seek witnesses.
- Police issued appeals for information in multiple incidents, including a B12 ghost-driver hit-and-run and Berlin shooting cases, while Rottenbuch officials pressed for a 70 km/h limit and an overtaking ban after a recent teen’s crash and Bochum police confirmed a tram-injured 27-year-old had died.