Overview

• Police report the car left the L3229 in a left-hand curve after a downhill around 00:30 and came to rest about 30 meters into the adjacent forest after hitting multiple trees.
• The 32-year-old driver and three passengers aged 30, 31 and 32 died at the scene from their injuries.
• The road was fully closed between the Friedwald Reinhardshagen turn-off and the Reinhardshagen‑Veckerhagen entrance during the investigation and recovery.
• The public prosecutor ordered the vehicle seized, and an expert will reconstruct the crash under the lead of the Hofgeismar police station.
• Fire brigades from Holzhausen and Reinhardshagen and rescue services from Landkreis Kassel responded, and police asked witnesses to call 05671/910-2820.