Because they wanted to avoid a police check, two men died in a serious traffic accident north of Wittstock/Dosse (Ostprignitz-Ruppin).
As a police spokesman said, it is a 42-year-old driver and his 32-year-old passenger, both of whom come from Brandenburg.
Early on Sunday morning, your car left the narrow, tree-lined road between Wittstock and Biesen, not far from the state border with Mecklenburg, at probably significantly excessive speed.
According to initial investigations, the car hit a tree and was crushed in half.
The occupants were already dead when officers arrived
"The driver and another person in the car were dead when emergency services arrived," a spokesman said.
One of the men was thrown out of the vehicle on impact, and the other dead man was cut out of the wreckage.
According to the police, the car was noticed by officials in Wittstock around 3.40 a.m.
They wanted to stop him for a check, whereupon the driver is said to have suddenly accelerated enormously.
A short time later, the completely destroyed car was discovered in the direction of Biesen.
The tree was so badly damaged that it had to be felled.
The road was closed in both directions for more than five hours during the operation.
Police and prosecutors are investigating to clarify the motive for the flight and the possible cause of the accident, it said.
flg/dpa
