Heinz Baumgartner was run over by a dog running loose in the Dachau Moorbadpark. The 81-year-old was taken to hospital with suspected cerebral hemorrhage.

He now believes that leashes should be compulsory in the city. The dog owners have been charged with an administrative offense for violating green space regulations and not for bodily harm, police say.. Merkur.de will now keep you up to date via a new Whatsapp channel. Click here to go directly to the channel. You can find more news in our MerkUR.de app, now in an improved design with more personalization functions. Directly available to download, more information can be found here. The city of DachAU's green space statutes stipulate that it is forbidden to let dogs run free in green spaces such as the Moor badpark. This ban is also pointed out on a sign in the Moorbad park. The 64- year-old dog owners told the police at the scene of the accident that the incident was not a negligent assault but an accident.