Overview

• In Starnberg-Söcking a 75-year-old pedestrian suffered life-threatening injuries after being struck by a car, was airlifted to a Munich clinic, and a court-appointed sworn expert began reconstructing the crash as police seek witnesses.
• Prosecutors in Halle opened a case against the bus driver from the April bus–tram collision on suspicion of running a red light, while the investigation against the tram driver was dropped.
• A maize-laden tractor-trailer overturned on the B156 near Elsterheide, injuring the driver and forcing a night-long closure for transloading before recovery.
• A car fire under the Wuppertal Schwebebahn on the A46 led to an immediate service halt for the monorail and a temporary autobahn closure, with the four occupants uninjured.
• Police reported further severe incidents including a fatal B2 pedestrian strike near Elsteraue, a deadly rollover in Steddorf with three seriously injured relatives airlifted, a five-injury rear-end crash at an A81 jam, a car that punched a hole in a house wall in Oldenburg, and a rescue after a car stopped on tracks in Heilsbronn.