Overview
- On the B173 near Hof around 3 a.m., a police BMW skidded into oncoming traffic and collided with an SUV, killing a 25-year-old officer in the passenger seat.
- The 20-year-old patrol-car driver and the 42-year-old SUV driver suffered serious injuries and were taken to hospitals.
- A prosecutor and an accident expert attended the B173 scene as THW provided lighting and the road was closed for evidence work.
- On the A8 between Dachau and Sulzemoos around 11:20 a.m., a 33-year-old BMW X2 driver suffered an epileptic seizure, hit a truck, overturned, and later died at Klinikum Ingolstadt; his 31-year-old passenger sustained moderate injuries.
- On the A38 in Landkreis Nordhausen, a 27-year-old Audi driver skidded on a winter-wet surface, overturned, was lightly injured, and the autobahn was closed about 45 minutes, with reported damages on the A8 and A38 totaling roughly €65,000.