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Wave of Road Crashes Across Germany Leaves Several Dead, Highways Closed

Police investigations with expert reconstruction are underway.

Overview

  • On the A14 near Großweitzschen, a 20-year-old BMW driver died in hospital after colliding with a lorry in a multi-vehicle sequence, prompting a multi-hour closure toward Nossen.
  • In the Aschaffenburg district, a 71-year-old Skoda driver died after a head-on collision on the road toward Sailauf, with three others injured and a court-appointed expert assisting police.
  • Near Teichland in Brandenburg, an 81-year-old Mazda driver succumbed to injuries after a rollover; the 83-year-old passenger was seriously hurt and both were freed by firefighters.
  • In Holzwickede (Kreis Unna), a 72-year-old VW Golf driver left the roadway and struck a tree, dying at the scene despite air rescue, as specialists secured the vehicle for reconstruction.
  • Elsewhere, a transporter drove into a queue on the A1 near Dibbersen, pushing a Peugeot partly under a lorry and severely injuring two people, and a three-lorry crash on the A12 toward Berlin led to hours-long closure with two minor injuries.