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Five Dead in Separate Weekend Road Crashes in Germany and Austria

Prosecutors have appointed independent experts to reconstruct the collisions.

Overview

  • Two sisters aged 16 and 19 died at the scene after a head‑on collision near Wildflecken in Lower Franconia on Sunday morning.
  • A late‑night frontal crash on the B45 near Niddatal on Monday killed a 54‑year‑old man and a 48‑year‑old woman, with police citing an unexplained lane departure.
  • In Munich’s Berg am Laim district, a four‑year‑old injured in an afternoon collision at Kreillerstraße and St.-Veit-Straße died in hospital.
  • Vienna’s Ottakring district saw a violent two‑car crash that left a 41‑year‑old driver seriously injured and required fire crews to free him from his vehicle.
  • Roads at the crash sites were closed for hours for on‑scene forensics and vehicle recovery, and inquiries into precise causes remain ongoing.