Overview

• A lorry left its lane near Braunschweig around 4 a.m., ignited, and destroyed parts of the carriageway and noise barriers, causing a traffic jam over 15 kilometers and an estimated €500,000 in damage with a parallel lane remaining shut until Saturday evening.
• In Kammerstein around midday, a Ford Transit used as a schoolbus overturned after the 52-year-old driver apparently suffered a medical emergency; she was resuscitated, a parked car’s driver was moderately injured, and four children had minor injuries as 85 responders and two helicopters attended.
• Police in Middle Franconia are investigating a head-on collision near Roßtal that left an 18-year-old trapped and two others seriously injured, with the road closed for evidence processing.
• In Hamm, officers are seeking a white SUV after a 61-year-old cyclist was severely hurt when he crashed avoiding a collision near the main station and the driver left the scene.
• Further crashes injured vulnerable road users and triggered closures, including a nine-year-old cyclist struck in Wardenburg (serious but not life-threatening) and multi-vehicle incidents in Leipzig, on the A60 near Mainz, and in Dresden.