Overview

• In back-to-back crashes around 11:00 near the Berlin–Brandenburg border, a 27-year-old driver first injured two pedestrians in Lichterfelde and then fatally struck a cyclist near the Mauerweg in Teltow before fleeing on foot and being arrested nearby.
• The suspect is in Brandenburg police custody; investigators took a blood sample, documented the scene with an expert, and say they are treating the sequence as an accident rather than an amok attack.
• Two pedestrians suffered serious injuries requiring surgery, a bystander was slightly hurt, and the passenger reported the driver bit off his fingertip shortly before the first collision.
• Separately late Saturday on the A6 near Kaiserslautern-Ost, an Audi S8 and a VW Golf collided and caught fire, killing three people in the VW and seriously injuring the 46-year-old Audi driver.
• Police say the A6 cause remains unknown as expert findings are reviewed, the identities of the deceased are not yet fully confirmed, the motorway was closed for hours, and a witness appeal has been issued.