Overview
- Kirchlengern, Herford district: a car carrying a 19-year-old driver, three 18-year-olds, and a 17-year-old lost control in a bend and was thrown into oncoming traffic.
- An 18-year-old was ejected and died at the scene; another 18-year-old was seriously injured, while the driver and two other passengers sustained minor injuries.
- A 38-year-old in the oncoming vehicle and her 29-year-old passenger suffered minor injuries, according to police.
- Police seized the 19-year-old driver’s licence in the NRW case as they investigate the precise cause of the collision.
- At the Ohmtal-Dreieck in Hesse, a 68-year-old driver misjudged the roadway and hit the central guardrail; her 73-year-old husband, unbelted, was severely injured, freed by firefighters, taken to University Hospital Gießen, one lane toward Frankfurt was briefly closed, and damage was estimated at about €18,800 while inquiries continue.