Overview
- On the B51 between Trier and Bitburg, a car collided head-on with a truck, killing two adults, a seven-year-old girl, and the 53-year-old truck driver, and police say the car moved into the opposite lane based on the trace analysis.
- Authorities and volunteer groups are searching the B51 area for a missing dog believed to have been in the wrecked car, and police K9 efforts have so far found no trace.
- In Dorsten, a school bus carrying 22 children collided with two cars, triggering a mass-casualty alarm; all children were uninjured, while the bus driver and both car drivers were taken to hospital.
- An E-Call alerted rescuers to a single-vehicle crash on the B56 near Swisttal-Miel, where three people were found severely injured and a 48-year-old man died at the scene as specialized police units began the investigation.
- On the A8 near Piding, a tractor-mower unit skidded, breached the central barrier, and tipped onto the opposite carriageway, causing about €400,000 in damage and lengthy traffic restrictions as the traffic police investigate.