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The accident occurred on the A2 motorway between the Netzen and Brandenburg junctions, west of Potsdam, in the Lehnin monastery area.
A driver was killed in an accident on the A2 motorway. The 55-year-old first drove his car off the road at Kloster Lehnin (Potsdam-Mittelmarkt district) to the left and then to the right, as a police spokeswoman reported. Finally the car stopped between several trees.
It was initially unclear whether the man died as a result of the impact of the accident. The police are now investigating the background and circumstances of death. The accident occurred between the Netzen and Brandenburg junctions, west of Potsdam.
A 49-year-old cyclist was critically injured in a fall on a road near Steinebach in the Altenkirchen district. She suffered serious head injuries and was flown to a clinic by helicopter. The cause of the fall is still unclear.
A 25-year-old motorcyclist died in a head-on collision with a car in Großmehring in the Eichstätt district. She left the road in a curve, fell and collided head-on with an oncoming vehicle.
At a gas station on the A3 motorway, a car caught fire and was parked right next to the gas pumps. Explosions were prevented by switching off the conveyor system in a timely manner. Nobody was injured. The fire department extinguished the car and the gas station building was damaged by soot.
After an alleged gang rape at the US elite University of Cornell, President Michael I. Kotlikoff shows compassion for the affected student Jane Doe and expects years of negative consequences for the university. The case, said to have taken place in 2024, is being re-investigated following a new civil lawsuit, while New York Governor Kathy Hochul has placed the investigation under special supervision.
After the fire at the volunteer fire department in Offenbach an der Queich, in which six vehicles were destroyed and the hall was burned out, the administration received numerous offers of help from all over Germany. District Administrator Dietmar Seefeldt emphasizes solidarity and coordinates support while investigations into the cause of the fire are ongoing.
Cornell University President Michael Kotlikoff has called the alleged gang rape of a former student by seven men deeply disturbing and supported the state's new investigation. The incident occurred in October 2024 in a house belonging to the Chi Phi fraternity, and the victim was said to have been introduced to alcohol and drugs. Campus police initially did not initiate any proceedings after the woman filed a complaint three weeks after the incident.