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Germany Reels From Deadly Spate of Road Crashes as Investigations Widen and Munich Orders Tram-Stop Bollards

Investigators are assessing causes from medical emergencies to suspected criminal intent across incidents reported since the weekend.

Overview

  • An eight-vehicle collision on the A3 near Wiesbaden-Medenbach injured 13 people, three seriously, and shut the southbound carriageway for hours, police said.
  • A four-year-old died after a left-turn crash in Munich’s Berg am Laim; both drivers and a second child were hospitalized as the junction was closed for several hours.
  • Two motorists were killed in a head-on crash on the B45 near Niddatal after a car crossed into oncoming traffic; a prior report flagged the vehicle’s erratic driving and a expert was assigned.
  • A nighttime collision in Grimma is being treated as a crime; a judge issued a detention order and the driver is accused of dangerous interference in road traffic after allegedly running over his partner.
  • Following a second crash at Munich’s Donnersbergerstraße tram stop since May, Mayor Dieter Reiter ordered the site to be secured with bollards.