Overview
- Investigators report the BMW evaded a police check on the A2, sped along the B4, collided head-on with an oncoming car, then broke through a bridge railing and fell into the Mittellandkanal.
- Three occupants of the BMW—a 34-year-old from Serbia and two men aged 25 and 31 from Croatia—were recovered dead at the scene.
- A 53-year-old man was flown to hospital with life-threatening injuries and a 47-year-old woman was seriously hurt, with no update provided on their conditions.
- Burglary tools were recovered from the submerged car, and the deceased had stockings over their hands, which authorities say indicates efforts to avoid leaving traces.
- The car had been reported misappropriated after a rental, and although a negligent-homicide case was formally opened against the deceased driver, no autopsies were conducted and the bodies were released for burial.