Overview

• On the A3 near Parsberg, a 32-year-old mother and her newborn died after their SUV left the roadway in heavy rain, as a court-appointed expert examines aquaplaning as a possible cause.
• A 65-year-old wrong-way driver was killed on Würzburg’s B19 in a multi-vehicle collision that injured three others, with police later rebuking bystanders for recording the scene.
• In Lippstadt (NRW), a head-on crash on Hellinghäuser Weg left an elderly couple dead and seriously injured a 21-year-old driver and an eight-year-old passenger, prompting forensic reconstruction.
• In Hamburg-Langenhorn, four occupants were injured when a car struck a light mast and rolled onto its side, and a police spokesman reported a positive alcohol test for the driver.
• A 20-year-old pedestrian in Thaur, Austria, died in hospital after a Sept. 20 hit-and-run, with police having identified the suspected driver and the black SUV with Ukrainian plates.