Last updated: 15.01.2024, 06:07 a.m.
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Police and paramedics are on duty at a crime scene. A dead toddler was discovered in a car in Mittenwalde (Dahme-Spreewald district) during the night. © Cevin Dettlaff/dpa
In Mittenwalde, only about 40 minutes by car from Berlin, a six-year-old child is found dead in a car on a forest path. The mother is also there - and lives.
Mittenwalde - Cruel find on a forest path in Brandenburg: In a car in Mittenwalde, the police discovered a dead child at night. This was announced by a police spokesman in the morning of the dpa. According to initial findings of the police, the mother of the child was also found in the car. She was alive and receiving medical attention, the spokesman said.
According to police, the child was six years old, the mother 40 years old. Initially, the police did not provide any information on the sex of the child. Emergency services had discovered the parked car around 1.52 a.m. on a street in the Brusendorf district. The exact circumstances are still completely unclear, it said. Emergency services from the police, ambulance service and emergency doctor were on site in the early morning.
Path near the A10 at the Schönefelder Kreuz
According to a dpa photographer, the car was parked on a forest path near the Autobahn 10 at the Schönefelder Kreuz. The road is surrounded by fields. The area on site was largely cordoned off. Red barrier tape could be seen. In addition to ambulances, forensic investigators were also on site. Dpa