Overview

• On the B4 near Gifhorn, a 49-year-old died in a head‑on collision with a timber lorry; his wife was severely injured and their daughters, driving ahead, witnessed the crash as the road remained closed for recovery work.
• Police in Sittensen report a 58-year-old died after his VW Tiguan was side‑swiped on the A1 and thrown into a lorry; the other driver fled and officers are urgently appealing for witnesses after an overnight full closure to 6 a.m.
• A woman was killed on the A7 near Bollingstedt when her VW Polo was struck by a fish lorry after an earlier collision; police are assessing whether a brightly lit, permitted protest on a nearby bridge distracted drivers, with an expert review pending.
• Following a garage fire in Mittenwald, a 46-year-old Portuguese suspect was arrested and placed in custody after forensic findings supported urgent suspicion, according to Oberbayern Süd police and prosecutors.
• After the Jagdschloss Thiergarten near Regensburg burned down, an anonymous group calling itself “Kommando Georg Elser” posted a claim of responsibility on Indymedia; police are checking the claim and say accidental or deliberate causes remain possible.