Overview

• Five people died and dozens more were injured in a series of weekend incidents ranging from high-speed SUV crashes to impaired-driving collisions and a roadside recovery accident.
• Authorities have detained or charged an 18-year-old driver under drug influence, a 44-year-old unlicensed motorist and a 70-year-old driver accused of plowing into an A96 recovery scene.
• A suspected carbon monoxide leak from a garden shed generator in Munich has led to two confirmed deaths and four poisoning injuries in what investigators have classified as a criminal probe.
• Emergency response efforts were impeded by failures to form a Rettungsgasse on the A3 near Erlangen and by safety gaps in roadside incident management.
• Prosecutors and forensic experts are examining each case—from forensic reconstructions to equipment inspections—and officials are urging motorists to comply fully with traffic laws and rescue-lane regulations.