After a car accident with four dead in Berlin-Mitte, the police determined on suspicion of negligent homicide. That said a spokesman for the authority. This is a common procedure.
An SUV had strayed off the road on Friday night and had fatally injured four pedestrians at a traffic light, including a three-year-old boy. According to local residents, the SUV overtook the stationary traffic at the traffic light very fast on the opposite lane and got onto the sidewalk. The car knocked over a traffic light mast and several bollards, broke through a construction fence and only came to a halt on a building plot.
Among other things, the police considered a medical emergency with the driver as the cause of the accident. The 42-year-old is therefore seriously injured in the hospital. Intentionally exclude the investigators so far. To investigate the cause, the investigators want to recreate the accident, if necessary in a 3D model.
The incident triggered a discussion about SUVs in inner cities. On Saturday evening, about 500 people came to a vigil at the intersection Invalidenstraße / Ackerstraße. Also on Sunday, passersby put candles, flowers and pictures at the scene of the accident.
