Overview
- Monday brought fresh disruptions as a three‑car rear‑end collision on the A14 near Grimma caused injuries and long queues after a brief full closure.
- In Hesse, two seniors died when their car hit a tree and burned near Stockstadt am Rhein, and a separate B455 crash near Wiesbaden injured nine occupants, including a child who was seriously hurt.
- Saxony‑Anhalt police confirmed a fatal glätte crash involving a 61‑year‑old in the Salzlandkreis and reported an A2 closure toward Berlin after a jackknifed truck, alongside numerous weather‑related accidents.
- Major fires compounded the toll: a Königsdorf farm blaze caused about €500,000 in damage and is under Kriminalpolizei Weilheim investigation, a Hamburg‑Duvenstedt home was destroyed overnight, and a man died in a house fire in Gröhnwold.
- Operations were hindered by the cold as extinguishing water froze on streets in Eichenau requiring winter service, a rescue ambulance in Nordhessen had to be secured after sliding on ice, and rail lines faced delays and cancellations from frozen switches.