Overview

• On the L124 near Steddorf in Lower Saxony, a 28-year-old driver died when his car left the road and overturned; a 32-year-old woman and two girls aged 16 and 10 were seriously injured, according to police.
• On the A6 near Bad Rappenau in Baden-Württemberg, a pile-up at a traffic queue killed the driver of a Dacia, and the lorry driver suspected of causing the crash was extricated and flown to hospital in life-threatening condition as the motorway was shut for hours.
• On the A81 near Sindelfingen, five people were injured — two seriously — after a lorry hit vehicles at a jam end, leading to a full closure and lengthy tailbacks in both directions.
• South of Würzburg, a 74-year-old motorcyclist who veered off the St2418 and fell into a field on Friday evening died overnight in hospital, police in Lower Franconia reported.
• In Halle-Neustadt, prosecutors are investigating the April bus–tram collision for a possible red-light violation by the bus driver following a qualified accident reconstruction.