Overview
- Early on Wednesday a 35-year-old woman in Gersten lost control of her Seat, struck a telephone mast and a tree and was taken to hospital with life‑threatening injuries.
- Around 1 p.m. in Magdeburg a Ford was trapped beneath a lorry, two men died at the scene and prosecutors launched a negligent‑homicide procedure against the truck driver.
- A VW transporter left the B169 between Döbeln and Mockritz in the mid‑afternoon, rolled onto its side and its driver was treated at the scene and taken to hospital.
- At about 4:30 p.m. on the Staatsstraße near Ettringen a head‑on crash killed a 59‑year‑old driver and left the other motorist seriously injured, prompting a state prosecutor to order a technical expert.
- In the evening in Landkreis Barnim near Biesenthal an overtaking car struck three mopeds, killing four riders while the driver was injured, and authorities closed roads and deployed specialist rescue teams as investigations continued.