Overview
- In Hausen im Wiesental a one-year-old child and his 62-year-old grandmother were killed after a 46-year-old truck driver reversed toward a property and struck them; the driver was not arrested and police launched a criminal inquiry.
- Four teenage moped riders died in a Brandenburg crash after an alleged risky overtaking by a car, and prosecutors say the 61-year-old suspect showed no alcohol in an initial forensic test while toxicology and a DEKRA accident-avoidance report are still awaited.
- A 21-year-old motorcyclist was left in life-threatening condition near Ettlingen after colliding with a car that performed a prohibited U-turn, and both car occupants were taken to hospital.
- In Tyrol an elderly couple were injured when their car plunged about 100 meters down a steep embankment in dense fog, complicating rescue work, and in Kraichtal a 51-year-old man was killed after a car left the road and struck him while he took out the trash.
- Officials across cases are awaiting autopsy, toxicology and technical reconstructions to determine whether negligence, medical events, visibility or vehicle failure caused the crashes, and prosecutors are considering charges such as negligent homicide or dangerous driving as results arrive.