Overview
- Police in Mittelhessen confirmed a 49-year-old from Frankfurt died after being struck while returning to his crashed BMW on the A5 near Bad Homburg, with debris from his car setting off the second collision and investigators documenting the scene for hours.
- In Osthessen, a 34-year-old was killed on the B62 near Friedewald after aborting an overtake and rolling his Ford; the road was fully closed for roughly three and a half hours for rescue and cleanup.
- In Bernburg, a car hit an emergency ambulance running lights and siren, overturning the vehicle and injuring multiple people including the patient, who was flown to hospital as the junction was shut for the response.
- Alcohol-linked and unlawful driving cases triggered criminal inquiries, including a Bergheim driver testing just over 1.0‰ with his licence secured after a left-turn crash that injured three, and a Leipzig motorist measuring 1.58‰ after hitting parked cars.
- Speed- and control-related wrecks added to the toll, from a multi-injury A61 crash on wet pavement to rollovers near Warngau and Taufkirchen-Ost, a seriously injured teen moped rider in Frohburg, and several closures while fire and police units secured evidence.