Overview

• In Bergisch Gladbach, a Ford turning left collided head-on with a Harley, leaving the 38-year-old motorcyclist severely injured and flown to a clinic while the driver sustained minor injuries.
• The Bergisch Gladbach scene was examined for hours by a specialized accident team from Cologne, both vehicles were secured, damage was estimated at about €20,000, and Bensberger Straße was closed for roughly three hours.
• On the K70 near Braubach, a BMW crossed into oncoming traffic and hit a Mercedes head-on, tearing the BMW into two parts and causing severe, partly life-threatening injuries to the BMW’s driver and front-seat passenger.
• Police fully closed the K70 for several hours for rescue and recovery and asked witnesses to contact the Lahnstein station with information about the Braubach crash.
• Near Monheim on the B2, a 61-year-old turning onto the federal road was trapped after a collision, extricated by the volunteer fire brigade, and airlifted to Ingolstadt as another driver suffered lighter injuries; the road was shut for about 90 minutes.