Particle.news
Download on the App Store

Germany Sees Spate of Serious Crashes and Football Fan Clashes Over Weekend

Emergency services mounted major operations and police launched multiple investigations as roads reopened and key suspects were identified.

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.