Overview

• In Frankfurt-Bockenheim, a 59-year-old Mercedes EQS driver rear-ended an A‑Class stopped at a red light, pushing it into an intersection where it struck a Ford Transit and then a tree, killing the 83-year-old driver.
• Officers sealed the Frankfurt scene until about 17:00, called in a reconstruction expert, and appealed for witnesses via 069/755-11300.
• Near 10:00 in Pirna-Neundorf, a 20-year-old in an Opel collided head-on with a garbage truck on Alt-Neundorf, suffering serious injuries as the truck driver remained unhurt.
• Police estimated about €50,000 in damage in Pirna, with the road fully closed for several hours until shortly after 13:00 for recovery and cleanup.
• In Hamburg’s Hellkamp at 11:34, a truck’s not fully retracted crane tore down an above-ground water line to a construction site, sending a marker into a pedestrian who was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries and prompting a temporary closure.