Overview
- A 68-year-old Swiss woman drove about 35 kilometres the wrong way on the A7 toward Kassel, with callers first reporting the vehicle in the early hours of Monday.
- Officers tried several times to stop the car as it traveled at varying speeds of roughly 40–140 km/h and once scraped a concrete safety barrier.
- Police established radio warnings and a full closure before using a mobile roadblock and tyre‑deflation devices known as Stop Sticks to bring the vehicle to a halt near Guxhagen.
- The driver was taken to a Kassel hospital in a confused state, initial tests found no alcohol or drug influence, her licence was seized and the car was secured.
- Authorities have opened an investigation for endangering road traffic and ask motorists who were endangered to contact Göttingen police to assist the inquiry.