Overview

• A six-year-old in Saale-Holzland-Kreis was airlifted to a hospital with serious injuries after his grandfather’s unregistered quad overturned on a field path near Scheidlitz.
• Police have opened a criminal probe into the grandfather’s role in permitting the child’s use and the quad’s lack of registration.
• In Landkreis Wittenberg, a 46-year-old quad driver died at the scene when his vehicle veered off a road between Naderkau and Schleesen and struck a tree.
• The driver’s 65-year-old passenger was seriously injured and transported to a local hospital for treatment.
• Authorities in both regions are examining whether supervision failures or equipment issues contributed to the crashes.