Overview
- Prosecutors and the Hessian State Criminal Police are investigating the fatal police shooting of a 33-year-old patient at the University Clinic Gießen after he allegedly attacked staff and officers with a pair of scissors, with an autopsy ordered.
- Extreme ice led to major collisions, including a five-vehicle crash on the A1 near Wildeshausen that injured 13 and a five-car pileup on the A7 near Fulda that injured eight and forced a northbound closure, while a head-on crash on Hesse’s K91 left a 73-year-old dead.
- In Bad Reichenhall, a 74-year-old who had not cleared an iced windshield struck a 96-year-old in an electric wheelchair; police are investigating for negligent bodily harm.
- In the Münsterland, a 56-year-old was detained on suspicion of attempted manslaughter after a family dispute escalated and the daughter’s 27-year-old partner was stabbed; the victim was seriously but not life-threateningly injured.
- Separate cases under inquiry include a 27-year-old who crashed his speeding Audi into a Staubecken after testing at 1.55‰ and reporting cannabis use, a fatal house fire in Petersaurach where a 64-year-old was found dead, and an arrest in Sangerhausen after a driver allegedly sped toward pedestrians.