Overview
- In Zittau, a 56-year-old taxi driver was extricated and resuscitated after striking a cemetery wall and later died at the hospital.
- The Zittau crash occurred at the B99/Görlitzer Straße and Geschwister-Scholl-Straße intersection, and the cause remains unclear.
- On the S258 near Zwönitz, an Audi skidded on winter-slick pavement into a VW and a Suzuki; the 43-year-old driver later died, his 31-year-old passenger was critically hurt, and at least five serious injuries were initially reported.
- A rescue helicopter was deployed and a mass-casualty incident was declared in Zwönitz, with the state road fully closed until 23:00.
- Reports described mirror-slick ice and strong snowdrifts at the Zwönitz site, and police inquiries continue as one outlet corrected the Zittau driver’s gender.