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A driver left the road in the Emsland district and collided with a telephone pole and a tree.
A driver in the Emsland district suffered life-threatening injuries when her car collided with a telephone pole and a tree.
The 35-year-old had veered off the road to the right at the exit of a left-hand bend in Gersten for reasons that are still unclear, the police said.
The driver suffered life-threatening injuries in the collision and was taken to hospital in an ambulance. According to police, the vehicle was a total loss. The investigation into the cause of the accident is ongoing.
Due to the controlled explosion of a five hundredweight bomb, Autobahn 57 near Neuss will be closed for a short time from midday. The city expects high traffic volumes, but evacuations are not necessary.
After a rear-end collision involving three cars on the A5 near Mahlberg in the direction of Basel, both lanes were closed. One lane was reopened in the morning. Information on injuries and the cause of the accident was initially not available.
A World War II bomb was discovered during construction work in Braunsbedra in the Saale district. The evacuation of the exclusion zone is underway, with only a few commercial businesses being affected. The defusing should take place by midday, after which traffic closures could be lifted.
In Riegelsberg, a dilapidated, empty house collapsed and was due to be demolished. According to police, no one was injured. The collapse on Wednesday morning still blocked the Saarbahn route between Riegelsberg Süd and Etzenhofen, for which a replacement bus service had been set up.
According to a study by the Berlin Institute, Germany's population will fall from 83.3 to 81.8 million by 2045. While metropolises and their surrounding areas are growing, many rural regions and some large cities are threatened with a significant decline in population.
The calendar sheet for October 6, 2026 lists name days, historical events such as the Nobel Prize for Benjamin List and David MacMillan in 2021, the first appearance of Captain Blue Bear in 1991, the assassination attempt on Anwar el Sadat in 1981, the arrest of the Gang of Four in 1976 and the first use of pacemakers in Germany in 1961, as well as birthdays and anniversaries of the deaths of prominent personalities.