Overview
- Leipzig police say a 26-year-old Audi driver likely drove too fast on a slippery intersection, hit a VW, then a signal mast and a waiting cyclist; he faces investigations for dangerous driving and negligent injury.
- In Düsseldorf-Holthausen, the late-November Rheinbahn derailment is now assessed as behavior-related rather than technical, with the driver under investigation for negligent bodily harm and his license withdrawn.
- On the A2 near Gelsenkirchen, officers stopped a 52-year-old whose breath test registered over five per mille; a blood sample was taken, her license was confiscated and a criminal case is underway.
- In Essen, a reversing car pinned a pedestrian against a structure, leaving her with life-threatening injuries as firefighters freed her and police began a reconstruction of the crash.
- In Hannover, a tram struck an Audi and dragged it several meters, lightly injuring three in the car, while separate incidents in Delitzsch and Hamm triggered fire-service safeguards for pyrotechnics cargo and an oil spill.