Overview

• A head-on collision between a car and a minivan in Grafschaft Bentheim on July 4 killed a three-year-old boy and left five others seriously injured
• In Kronberg im Taunus a BMW collided with a wall at a signalized intersection, and a one-year-old child later died in hospital while two adults were severely hurt
• Separate crashes claimed the lives of a 55-year-old scooter rider in Unterfranken and a 35-year-old rider on the ramp from the B43 to the A3 near Kelsterbach A 33-year-old pedestrian in Hamburg was critically injured after being struck by a Smart, with investigators probing possible speeding and impairment
• Police across the affected states have initiated forensic 3D scanning, appointed technical experts and ordered blood tests to determine factors such as intoxication or road design