Overview

• In Steddorf (Lower Saxony) a car left the L124, hit a telephone pole and rolled, killing the driver at the scene as three passengers were airlifted with serious injuries and the road was shut for hours.
• Near Elsteraue (Burgenlandkreis) a 65-year-old pedestrian was struck on the B2 late Thursday and died despite resuscitation attempts, with police blocking the highway for roughly five hours.
• In Starnberg-Söcking a 73-year-old’s car crossed into the opposite lane and hit a 75-year-old standing beside his parked BMW, leaving him with life-threatening injuries; a sworn expert was appointed by the Munich II prosecutor and police are seeking witnesses.
• In Starnberg-Wangen a 57-year-old Vespa rider attempting to overtake two trikes was run over by one while they turned left, suffering severe injuries and being flown to a Munich clinic as the leading trike driver sustained moderate injuries.
• Near Sehnde in the Hannover region a 28-year-old driver left the K147 in a left-hand curve and struck a tree, suffering life-threatening injuries as police closed the road and appealed for witnesses, while on MN 10 near Wiedergeltingen an 86-year-old cyclist was severely hurt in a collision with a motorcycle and the Memmingen prosecutor called in an accident expert.