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The accident occurred on Saturday evening in the left lane of Autobahn 42 at the Oberhausen Neue Mitte junction.
A motorcyclist sustained life-threatening injuries during an overtaking maneuver on Autobahn 42 near the Oberhausen Neue Mitte junction. The 51-year-old overtook two cars in the left lane on Saturday evening and then collided with a construction site barrier, the police said. The motorway had to be completely closed for several hours in the direction of Kamp-Lintfort during the night.
The Hessian police had used a stun gun 33 times by mid-August, according to a response to a parliamentary question from the Green party in the state parliament. In 2025, there were 68 uses of a distance electrical impulse device (DEIG), colloquially known as a Taser, across the country. The Interior Ministry said the number is at a level comparable to last year and the focus is currently on replacing the Taser model, which is no longer supported by the manufacturer, with a new generation of models.
A 77-year-old motorcyclist had a fatal accident while overtaking on federal highway 281 in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district. After hitting the side mirror of a car, he hit a traffic sign and later died in hospital.
A 40-year-old cyclist was seriously injured in an accident with a tram in Darmstadt after he crossed the path for an unknown reason. The material damage to the tram is estimated to be in the high four-digit range, and traffic around Willy-Brandt-Platz was temporarily restricted.
The Berlin public prosecutor's office has dropped the case against three police officers who shot the Islamist-motivated assassin Abdul B. after an attack at Christopher Street Day in Berlin. According to the Legal Tribune Online report, confirmed by the public prosecutor's office, the officers did not see sufficient suspicion because the attacker ran towards them with a knife and they acted in self-defense.
When a fire broke out in a garden shed in Oberammergau, the fire spread to a car and an adjacent apartment. The police assume it was deliberate arson and are investigating a 44-year-old. No one was injured, the damage is estimated at a mid-five-figure amount.

After the derailment of a regional train between Rouen and Caen with 44 injuries, the public prosecutor's office is investigating possible sabotage. A piece of rail was found at the scene of the accident. The danger to the life of a previously critically injured woman has been averted.