Overview
- On the A3 near Wiesbaden-Medenbach, eight vehicles collided, injuring 13 people including three seriously, and the southbound carriageway was shut for hours during the investigation.
- Police confirmed multiple deaths in separate incidents, including a four-year-old who died after a collision in Munich, two motorists killed in a head-on crash on the B45 near Niddatal, and a 19-year-old who died in Berlin-Biesdorf.
- In the Grimma case, a judge issued an arrest warrant after investigators said a driver intentionally hit his partner, who remains in a coma.
- Göppingen police are seeking witnesses after a car hit a traffic light and a building during a suspected illegal street race, and the 19-year-old driver surrendered his license.
- Major responses included freeing occupants from a car trapped under a wind‑turbine blade on the A43, managing a school transport crash linked to a driver medical emergency in Neerstedt, and coordinating prolonged closures with expert examinations ordered.