Overview
- Police say a BMW on Hannover’s B6 left the roadway during a lane change around 10:45 a.m., struck a tree, and killed the 37-year-old driver at the scene.
- Two passengers in the Hannover crash were extricated by firefighters and hospitalized, with differing reports on whether one sustained light versus severe injuries.
- The Westschnellweg was fully closed for several hours during rescue and investigation work, and adjacent Stadtbahn service was suspended until about noon.
- On the ST2409 between Regelsbach and Schwabach around 4:15 p.m., a 23-year-old Opel Corsa driver veered off the road and hit a tree, dying at the scene as her 26-year-old passenger suffered severe injuries.
- The Verkehrsunfalldienst Hannover is investigating the first crash, and prosecutors in Middle Franconia appointed an expert for the second case, with the ST2409 shut in both directions until roughly 7:30 p.m.