Overview
- A 47-year-old died after a head-on A46 collision caused by a 33-year-old wrong-way driver, with police securing blood samples, seizing the licence and keeping the Heinsberg-bound carriageway closed until early afternoon.
- A 59-year-old cyclist was fatally struck and overrun on the ST 2057 near Weilheim, prompting a negligent homicide investigation, a court-ordered accident analysis and a blood test for the 71-year-old driver, with low sun noted as a possible factor.
- On the B27 near Schwenningen, a 21-year-old driver was killed and a 53-year-old van driver was severely injured in a frontal crash that shut the route for hours as an expert was called to reconstruct the sequence.
- In Hamburg-Altona, a patrol car heading to a reported stabbing collided with other vehicles on Max-Brauer-Allee, leaving five people with minor injuries and triggering a full closure as investigators, including an external expert, examined the crash.
- In Berlin’s Kreuzberg district, a 33-year-old man was seriously shot in Böcklerpark late Saturday and taken to hospital without life-threatening injuries, with heavily armed police securing the area and inquiries underway.