Overview

• After a renewed review, the Schwerin prosecutor declined to upgrade the 30‑zone fatality case to murder and maintained a negligent homicide charge, citing a disease‑related event indicated by a medical expert.
• The victim’s family lawyer disputes the medical opinion and presses for an intentional‑homicide indictment, referencing airbag data around 140 km/h, a post‑crash MRI without seizure signs, and DEKRA analyses.
• The Amtsgericht had returned the case for further inquiries; the prosecution’s written position has been filed and is under judicial examination.
• In a separate incident, a 43‑year‑old died when his Audi slid under a semitrailer at the A1 Köln‑Nord jam end, closing the Dortmund direction for hours before traffic reopened.
• Police report multiple serious crashes tied to speed and wet roads, including a lorry striking a stranded A9 motorhome near Schwanstetten that injured six (three seriously), additional weather‑linked accidents on the A70 and A93, and a fatal tram collision in Hattingen.