Overview

• After a lorry lost a tire and hit the median on the A1 near Oyten, about twelve tonnes of disinfectant granulate spilled, prompting a full closure in both directions for hours and a specialist hazmat cleanup.
• Near Darmstadt main station, a 38-year-old woman was found fatally injured on a footpath; the area is cordoned off, an autopsy is ordered, and Kriminalpolizei and prosecutors are investigating a suspected violent crime while appealing for witnesses.
• In Niedernhall, an 18-year-old is in pretrial custody on a Totschlag charge after allegedly driving into a 12-year-old on a supermarket parking lot, with investigators examining motive and any prior links between those involved.
• In Vienna-Leopoldstadt, investigators report a suspected familicide: a 44-year-old allegedly shot his wife and critically injured his 24-year-old daughter before being found dead in his car, with a weapon recovered and no ongoing threat to the public.
• A Stuttgart court sentenced a man to nine and a half years in prison for attempted manslaughter after a deliberate car attack on a rival left the victim in a persistent vegetative state.