Overview

• In Kürten a 16-year-old driver remains hospitalized after a crash that killed four teenage passengers and authorities have seized his vehicle, phone and blood sample
• At an unguarded crossing in Manching a Mercedes violated a red blinking signal and was struck by a Regionalbahn, killing its two 23-year-old occupants while signals were confirmed to be operational
• Separate investigations cover a ghost-driver collision near Römerberg that killed three, a police chase crash near Homburg with two fatalities and a fatal canal crash in Papenburg
• Emergency responders have concluded recovery operations at all sites but local road and rail closures persist as expert reconstructions and safety reviews continue
• Prosecutors and police across multiple states have deployed specialist accident teams and appealed for witnesses to aid forensic inquiries into potential speed, impairment and compliance failures