23-tonne granite block falls onto motorway in Hesse
There was an emergency situation on the Autobahn 45 at Dillenburg, Hesse yesterday evening when a 23-tonne granite block fell from a low-bed truck onto the road.
11 injured near Lake Constance as train hits trailer truck
Eleven people were slightly injured Monday when a commuter train crashed into a trailer truck in southern Germany, firefighters said.
15 injured after truck spills nitric acid onto streets of south Berlin
A leaky truck was discovered to have spilled 900 litres of nitric acid onto the streets of a south Berlin neighbourhood on Wednesday, leaving fifteen people injured.
'Hero' truck driver risks life to guide burning tanker away from town
When his cargo of diesel and petrol caught fire in a built up area of Bavaria on Monday, a truck driver was unable to put out the flames. So he risked his life to make sure others weren’t put in danger.
Spilled beer shuts down Hanover motorway
A truck crash on the motorway outside Hanover on Wednesday afternoon led to thousands of cans of beer being spilled across the motorway - and the road being temporarily shut down.
Daimler trials self-driving truck in Germany
German automaker Daimler said it trialled a self-driving truck under real traffic conditions for the first time on Friday, on a motorway in southern Germany.
Austria refugee tragedy suspects appear in court
Four defendants were to appear in court in Hungary on Saturday over Austria's migrant truck tragedy, as a "horrified and heartbroken" UN chief called for international action to end Europe's refugee crisis.