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Germany: Two dead and four seriously injured in head-on collision on A45
Herz — Switzerland Desk · · 30s summary · 1 min read
The essentials
In the night of July 18-19, 2026, a head-on collision on the A45 highway near Florstadt, north of Frankfurt in the German state of Hesse, left two people dead and four seriously injured. A 34-year-old woman driving the wrong way collided with a 70-year-old man's vehicle. The man died at the scene; the woman died from her injuries at the hospital. Her 39-year-old husband and three children, aged 10-15, were all severely injured; the three children are in critical condition.
- A wrong-way driver, 34, collided head-on with a 70-year-old motorist on the A45 near Florstadt.
- Two deaths: the 70-year-old died at the scene, the wrong-way driver died later at the hospital.
- The wrong-way driver's husband, 39, and three children, aged 10-15, are all seriously injured.
- The three children are in critical condition, according to Hesse state police.
- Giessen prosecutors appointed an expert to reconstruct how the accident occurred.
What we know
In the night of July 18-19, 2026, a 34-year-old woman driving the wrong way on the A45 highway collided head-on with the vehicle of a 70-year-old man near Florstadt, north of Frankfurt in the German state of Hesse, according to a statement from Hesse state police.
The 70-year-old man died at the scene. The wrong-way driver died from her injuries at the hospital.
In the wrong-way driver's vehicle were her 39-year-old husband and their three children, aged 10-15. All four are seriously injured, bringing the total number of seriously injured to four.
The three children are in critical condition, according to Hesse state police.
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people killed
4
seriously injured
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children in critical condition
Rescue operations
Firefighters intervened to extricate passengers trapped in both vehicles. The injured were transported by helicopter to the hospital.
The A45 highway remained completely closed for several hours while rescue operations continued.
The investigation
Giessen prosecutors appointed a judicial expert to reconstruct how the accident occurred.
What remains unclear
The circumstances that led the driver to travel the wrong way on the highway remain unknown. The ongoing judicial investigation should provide answers to this question.
How many people died and were injured in the A45 crash near Florstadt?
The accident resulted in two deaths — a 70-year-old man who died at the scene and the 34-year-old wrong-way driver who died at the hospital — and four seriously injured, including three children in critical condition.
Who was in the wrong-way driver's vehicle?
Her 39-year-old husband and their three children, aged 10-15. All four are seriously injured, with the three children in critical condition.
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