Overview

• The victims were a 32-year-old male driver and three female passengers aged 30, 31 and 32, who were all pronounced dead at the scene.
• The car left the L3229 shortly after 12:30 a.m. and struck trees about 30 metres from the road near Reinhardshagen in the Kassel district.
• An automatic crash alert from a victim’s phone dispatched responders who found the vehicle on its side wedged between trees and located all four only after removing the roof.
• Hofgeismar police are leading the investigation, and the public prosecutor plans an expert reconstruction following a technical examination of the seized car.
• The UK Foreign Office says it has not been asked for consular assistance, and local firefighters received specialist mental-health support after the operation.