Egelsbach.
Seven people were slightly injured in a car accident in the Offenbach district. According to the police, five of the accident victims were in a single car, including a pregnant woman and two children, the police said on Thursday. A driver turned left at an intersection in Egelsbach on Wednesday and overlooked the right-of-way car. In one car sat the 25-year-old driver and his passenger, in the other car a 33-year-old driver, the pregnant wife, another man and the two children aged 4 and 9. All were taken to hospital with minor injuries. Both cars were then no longer ready to drive and were towed away. The police put the damage at around 23,000 euros.
Ahnatal.
A person died in the fire in a semi-detached house in the Kassel district.
The fire brigade was able to extinguish the fire in Ahnatal on Thursday morning, the police said.
However, a lifeless person was found in the house, whose gender and identity have not yet been clarified.
Otherwise there are no other injuries, the cause of the fire is currently being determined.
Alsfeld.
On the Autobahn 5 near Alsfeld (Vogelsbergkreis), an accident involving two trucks and two cars resulted in a minor injury, 92,000 euros in damage and 10 kilometers of traffic jam. A 40-year-old driver is being investigated for negligent bodily harm, the police announced on Thursday. The man had changed lanes on Wednesday afternoon at the end of a traffic jam in his car with a trailer. He drove into a gap between two trucks and braked heavily there. A 29-year-old truck driver could not brake in time and hit the car with the trailer. She was slightly injured. According to the police, the car was pushed onto a truck driving in front of it. The trailer landed in the left lane where a car tied to it fell down.Another 25-year-old driver collided with this vehicle. The motorway in the direction of Kirchheim was completely closed for the clean-up work.
Brensbach.
The police arrested a robber who had been wanted for years in the Odenwald. The man wanted with an arrest warrant for robbery and dangerous bodily harm was sentenced to 15 months in prison in 2017, the police announced on Thursday. After his conviction, the 32-year-old fled to the Odenwald, where the police were able to arrest him in Brensbach (Odenwaldkreis). In the meantime he had been taken to a correctional facility.