Overview

• Fatalities spanned vulnerable road users of all ages, including a 16-year-old motorcyclist in Ismaning, twin E-Scooter riders in Frankfurt and an 83-year-old man on the A61 near Bergheim.
• Police investigations have linked speeding, alcohol and drug impairment, potential mechanical failures and false identities to several collisions, with suspects already identified in Frechen and Frankfurt cases.
• Eight Danish cyclists on a charity tour fell into a rail crossing gap near Steinbeck after heavy rain made tracks slick, sending three to hospital.
• A Keirin crash at the Dudenhofen Bahnrad-DM hurled riders and at least seven spectators over track barriers at high speed, forcing organizers to abandon the championships.
• Helicopter units and dozens of ambulances responded over the weekend, treating dozens of injured while police departments across Bavaria, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia and Berlin secure scenes and gather evidence.