Schleswig-Holstein shaken by toddler drowning and student bus crash

In Schleswig-Holstein, authorities confirmed that a missing three-year-old girl found dead in Preetz drowned in a pool located on her parents' property. Preliminary autopsy results verified the cause of death. Local police acknowledged search errors after failing to locate the child during an initial inspection of the premises prior to discovering her body.

Separately, a bus carrying 54 passengers from Schleswig-Holstein crashed early in the morning in the Netherlands. The group, consisting of students and teachers from Schönberg, was traveling when the vehicle was involved in a serious collision. At least 15 passengers sustained injuries, several of them severely. Emergency services responded to the scene, and an investigation into the cause of the crash is ongoing.

Sources: Der Spiegel, Die Zeit, FAZ, Tagesschau