Overview
- Eleven people were injured, five of them severely, after a 20-year-old veered into oncoming traffic on the B588 near Wurmannsquick, with about 70 responders at the scene and police probing the cause.
- On the B13 at Dornhausen, a 17-year-old’s car flew roughly 50 meters, overturned and caught fire; firefighters carried out a complex extrication, both occupants were seriously hurt, and police later said no acute life threat remained.
- In Germersheim, a 19-year-old suspected driver fled a rollover crash, later tested at 1.38‰ blood alcohol, had no valid licence and allegedly took the keys without permission, prompting DUI and related investigations.
- After the Oberliga match in Auerbach, masked suspects linked to the visiting fan scene allegedly attacked a club house, injuring one person; police detained ten men and opened breach-of-the-peace cases.
- Around the Rhein derby in Mönchengladbach, police reported 15 criminal complaints, damage to three buses and extensive pyrotechnics, issued four place bans and took five people into custody.