Overview
- An expert report on the Unterfranken crash that killed two sisters rules out technical failure or a medical issue for the other driver, who reportedly made no steering or braking movements and is now under investigation for negligent homicide.
- In Starnberg, police are examining how a tipping truck fatally struck an eight-year-old at a marked crossing, the 56-year-old driver is being probed for negligent homicide, parties canceled events, and a Friday demonstration for safer streets is planned.
- After a fatal S-Bahn collision with a car at an unguarded crossing in Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn, Deutsche Bahn urged vigilance, cited long-term declines in crossing numbers and accidents, and said redesign or closure there remains in planning and could extend into the early 2030s.
- Gerabronn’s mayor, Christian Mauch, died in a single-vehicle crash after his car hit a tree and slid down an embankment, a death confirmed by city officials as investigators review the cause.
- Separate probes continue after a firework thrown into an S3 train injured a 21-year-old, a stone attack on a Moers ambulance badly damaged the vehicle and delayed a patient transfer by about 20 to 25 minutes, and two suspects were arrested following an armed lorry robbery near Jülich, with police reviewing an officer’s use of a firearm.