There was a horror crash in Essen. An 81-year-old retiree drove into a crowd. Three people are in mortal danger.
- In Essen a pensioner drove into passers-by.
- A total of twelve people were injured .
- Three of them are in mortal danger.
Update of March 1, 2020: After the serious accident at a tram stop in Essen , three of the twelve injured are still in mortal danger . Her condition was unchanged, said a police spokesman on Sunday. According to initial knowledge, the police assume an accident . However, the cause is still unclear one day after the incident. The investigation is scheduled to continue on Monday, the police said.
Update of February 29, 2020, 9:20 pm: According to the latest information from the police, twelve people were injured in the bad accident in Essen. Initially, there were eleven injuries. As is now known, the passenger, also an older man, was brought to the hospital.
Worse accident in Essen: woman drives in crowd
First report from February 29, 7:35 p.m.
Essen - An 81-year-old drove into a crowd at a tram stop in Essen. Eleven people were injured, three of them were in mortal danger , said a police spokeswoman on Saturday.
Around 5:30 p.m., the local police received the emergency call that a BMW had crashed into passersby. At the wheel of the vehicle was an 81-year-old senior, next to her was an elderly gentleman as a passenger. The woman was injured in the crash, just as the passenger was doing, was initially unknown.
Accident in Essen: Senior citizen drives to the bus stop - 11 people injured
The scene of the accident is a tram stop. According to a spokeswoman for the police, the bus stopped at the Gervinusstrasse stop and the guests got out. At that moment, the elderly woman drove unchecked into the people getting out . There are no signs of braking at the scene of the accident.
According to the WDR, passers-by eyewitnesses said that they flew several meters through the air. The accident car, however, shows clear traces of the crash. In addition, several shoes would be on the street . When the emergency services arrived with a large contingent at the busy intersection in the Frohnhausen district, the picture was bad, said the police spokesman. " There were injuries everywhere on the street ." Many witnesses were in shock.
The accident vehicle clearly shows that several people have been recorded.
© dpa / Stephan Witte, KDF-TV & Picture
According to the first findings, the police assume an accident. How the incident could come about was initially unclear. The 81-year-old, however, has not deliberately rushed into the crowd .
A fight occurred in a courtroom in the western German city a few weeks ago, as reported by tz.de *. On merkur.de * there is an article about a fatal head-on collision on a state road in Lower Franconia.
* tz.de and merkur.de are part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network
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