The deadly SUV accident in Berlin Invalidenstraße in September is said to go back to a "seizure" of the driver. This was announced by the Berlin prosecutor in a tweet.
On September 6, the car had accelerated to 104 km / h at an intersection and then strayed off the road across the oncoming lane. The SUV had rammed a traffic light, run over several people on the sidewalk and broke through a fence. Two young men, an elderly woman and a three-year-old boy were killed.
Current state of knowledge: no technical defect on the vehicle. The continuous acceleration of the car to 104 km / h should be due to a seizure. The StA assumes that the accused took medication on a regular basis. The investigation continues. https://t.co/akiGNeLuXm
- GenStA Berlin (@GStABerlin) 16 October 2019According to prosecutors, the driver had regularly taken medication. A technical defect on the vehicle, the authority had previously excluded. As part of the investigation, the driver's apartment had been searched.
The accident had triggered a debate over the dangers emanating from heavy SUV vehicles in the city.
The investigation is not completed. The prosecution now checks whether the driver could have foreseen the attack and he could be accused of negligent homicide, reported the RBB. At first, there was no concrete confirmation from the authority. "The investigation continues," it said.