Overview

• Police said a 32-year-old mother and her weeks-old baby died after the family’s SUV left the A3 near Parsberg and overturned during heavy rain, while the father and a three-year-old were hospitalized with non–life-threatening injuries.
• A 65-year-old wrong-way driver was killed on the B19 near Würzburg after collisions involving multiple vehicles; several others were injured and officers opened inquiries that also address bystander filming at the scene.
• Two people died in a head-on crash near Lippstadt when a Mercedes van crossed into oncoming traffic, leaving a 21-year-old driver and an eight-year-old child seriously injured as investigators secured vehicles and documented evidence.
• In Tyrol’s Thaur, a 20-year-old pedestrian struck in a September hit-and-run succumbed to his injuries, with police saying a suspect and the SUV were identified and a court-ordered autopsy has been arranged.
• Emergency services reported strained operations, including five injuries in a Hattingen firetruck–tram collision and a large barn fire in Ascheberg where about 300 pigs were saved, while separate police briefings linked additional crashes to speed on wet roads and high winds limited air rescue in the Harz.