Overview

• The 32-year-old and her weeks-old infant died at the scene despite resuscitation efforts by rescuers and bystanders.
• The father, 34, and the couple’s three-year-old daughter were injured and taken to a hospital with no initial signs of life-threatening trauma.
• The crash occurred about three kilometers before the Parsberg junction in the Passau direction, where the vehicle came to rest heavily damaged in a ditch.
• Verkehrspolizei Parsberg is leading the inquiry, supported by an accident expert who examined the site.
• Firefighters, police, ambulance crews, and the Autobahn maintenance service mounted a large response, and the A3 in that section was fully closed for hours.