Overview
- Early Saturday on the A3 near Köln‑Mülheim a motorcyclist collided with a car, fell onto the roadway and was fatally overrun by a following bus, prompting a full highway closure and a police appeal for witnesses.
- A tractor driver died near Schiltach after being rear‑ended by a car whose driver had about 2.0‰ blood‑alcohol, and a 57‑year‑old motorcyclist was killed in Miesbach after a risky overtaking maneuver caused a multi‑vehicle crash.
- Other incidents from June 4–6 included severe urban collisions, a taxi striking a police van in Berlin that left seven officers injured, an autotransporter ploughing into a queue on the A2, and multiple air‑rescue missions in the Bad Tölz area.
- Police have ordered blood draws, seized vehicles, read black‑box data and called expert reconstructors in several cases as suspected alcohol use, speeding and improper overtaking emerge repeatedly in initial reports.
- Investigations remain active, evidence is being secured and prosecutors may pursue traffic endangerment charges and licence seizures, with authorities urging anyone who saw the key crashes to come forward.