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Germany Weekend Road Crashes Kill Several as Police Probe Wrong-Way Driving, Impairment and Conditions

Prosecutors have opened forensic reconstructions and toxicology reviews after the most serious collisions led to deaths and major road closures.

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.