Overview

• On the A2 near Gütersloh, a lorry hit a maintenance protection trailer, killing a 36-year-old worker and seriously injuring the 55-year-old driver, with the Hannover-bound carriageway closed for hours as a forensic team documented the scene.
• In Hamburg, two city buses collided on Osdorfer Landstraße, injuring 20 people including children, with four adults seriously hurt and nine transported to hospitals as emergency services deployed about 40 personnel.
• In Eschweiler near Aachen, a 72-year-old driver crossed into oncoming traffic and struck a school bus, leaving 13 people injured, including ten children, with most injuries assessed as minor and the road later reopened.
• Separate incidents added to delays, including a man struck and airlifted after attempting a tyre repair on the A9 near Weißenfels and a 59-year-old cyclist seriously injured by a milk truck near Piding, where the B20 was closed for about an hour.
• Further closures disrupted travel, with Cologne’s Mülheimer Brücke fully shut after a lorry became stuck on the median and the A4 near Hainichen closed by an overturned transporter, while Hamburg’s A7/Elbtunnel had a scheduled full closure until 5:00 Monday with more weekend shutdowns announced for October, November and December.