An escape from a police checkpoint ended in an accident.
A 32-year-old driver left his vehicle, which then drove on without a driver.
Regensburg - On Thursday (July 1st) a traffic accident occurred on Reichstrasse in Regensburg *.
Three parked cars were damaged.
The driver had fled from a police checkpoint, as the Regensburg police * announced in a report.
At around 8.45 p.m., the man drew attention to himself in the east of the city by driving unsafely.
A patrol from the Regensburg Süd police station then checked the driver.
There were two other men in the car.
Regensburg: Three men flee from the police on foot
Instead of stopping, the driver ignored the stop signs and just kept driving.
All three passengers left the car on Reichstrasse and continued their escape on foot.
The car drove on the street without a driver, stiffened a parked car and then hit the front of another.
As a result, it was pushed behind another parked vehicle.
The fleeing driver had left the automatic transmission of his car on "D" (Drive), as it turned out later.
The accident caused property damage of several thousand euros.
Regensburg: Criminal proceedings initiated against fugitive drivers
The police managed to identify the two passengers as part of the manhunt.
It turned out that one of the two, a 39-year-old without a domicile, was already wanted by an arrest warrant.
The officers arrested him and took him to a correctional facility.
In the second person, a 43-year-old from Regensburg, several units of heroin consumption were discovered during an apartment inspection.
The man is now being investigated for an offense under the Narcotics Act. The car driver has also been identified in the meantime. The 32-year-old from Regensburg is now facing criminal proceedings - among other things because of unauthorized removal from the scene of the accident.
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