Overview
- Police have named a 21‑year‑old as a suspect in the hit‑and‑run that killed a 14‑year‑old cyclist in Bornheim and say forensic traces and interviews produced an initial suspicion but no arrest has been made.
- In Dortmund a 73‑year‑old man was struck at a tram stop, suffered life‑threatening injuries, and the driver fled the scene; investigators are urgently seeking witnesses and video from nearby trams and passersby.
- A civilian police patrol car crashed near Westerstede while on duty, leaving a 20‑year‑old trainee trapped with life‑threatening injuries and prompting a full technical and forensic probe into the cause of the collision.
- In Ronnenberg an apparently fast‑moving car drove into a group of people, injuring three men before the driver escaped; police conducted night searches, took witness statements and continue to investigate motive and vehicle identity.
- Authorities opened a criminal inquiry after a wheel detached from an ambulance in Wolfsburg and initial findings point to deliberate loosening of nuts, while in Bergkamen a separate drunken‑driving case saw the defendant withdraw an appeal and keep a €3,150 fine plus a one‑year driving ban.