Dramatic change after the death of elementary school student (8): Drivers probably drove deliberately into the children

There was a serious traffic accident in front of a daycare center in Hessen.

A driver drove into a group of children - apparently on purpose.

Update from November 1, 3 p.m

.: A group of children was hit by a car on Friday in Witzenhausen, Hesse.

Three schoolgirls were seriously injured, one of the girls later died as a result.

The police initially assumed an accident - but that does not seem to have been the case.

The driver of the car apparently acted deliberately, as the police announced on Monday.

The 30-year-old man has since been admitted to a psychiatric hospital.

There is a witness whose testimony makes the situation appear "in a completely different light".

Update from October 29, 4:54 p.m.:

A driver recorded a group of children on Friday in Witzenhausen near Kassel for reasons that have not yet been clarified.

Three girls, aged seven and eight, were seriously injured in a head-on collision with the car.

As it became known on Friday afternoon, one of the girls died in the hospital during the day from his injuries.

However, the other two girls are not in mortal danger, as the German press agency reported on Friday afternoon.

The 30-year-old driver left the country road at a daycare center and then drove into a wall.

The man is also badly injured.

His car was confiscated and an appraiser was hired to investigate the case.

The cause of the accident is currently "completely unclear," as the police announced.

Car accident in front of a daycare center: three seriously injured girls aged seven and eight

Update from October 29, 4:15 p.m.:

The three seriously injured children after the car accident in front of a daycare center are three schoolgirls aged seven and eight. The police announced in another press release. According to the investigation, the 30-year-old man had turned right off the road with his car shortly before an underpass. He sat alone in the car, drove over a wide sidewalk and saw the group of children head-on. These were on foot.

The journey of the black car ended at a stone wall nearly two meters high.

The front of the car was completely destroyed, the letter broke, and airbags were triggered.

The cause of the accident is still unclear.

The public prosecutor commissioned an expert to investigate the scene of the accident.

A blood sample was taken from the 30-year-old.

The investigators want to check the man's ability to drive.

District Administrator Stefan Reuss (SPD) was dismayed.

“I am very affected by the terrible accident.

My thoughts are with the injured children and their families, ”he said.

Hessen: Car drives in a group of schoolchildren

Update from October 29, 12.25 p.m.:

In the accident in front of a daycare center in Witzenhausen, three children were seriously injured on Friday.

The 30-year-old driver also suffered serious injuries, as the police in Eschwege announced.

The man had driven in his small car in Witzenhausen in the Werra-Meißner district for an initially unexplained cause with a group of children who were on their way to their elementary school.

The officials assumed an accident.

According to the police, the group of students consisted of five or six children.

The seven to nine year old children and the driver were taken to a clinic.

According to initial investigations, the man had strayed from the road with his car.

Hessen: Accident in front of a daycare center - three seriously injured children

First report from October 29th:

Witzenhausen - "This morning around 8:00 am there was a serious traffic accident in front of a day-care center in the Witzenhausen district of Gertenbach," said the North Hesse police in a press release on Friday morning (October 29th).

Three children were seriously injured.

According to initial information from the police in Eschwege in northern Hesse, the driver of the car drove into a group of children for an initially unexplained cause.

The accident occurred in the immediate vicinity of a daycare center.

The officials initially assumed an accident.

Among other things, two rescue helicopters were sent to Witzenhausen, around 40 kilometers east of Kassel, to take care of the seriously injured.

In addition, "police, emergency doctor and several rescue and care workers" were on duty at the accident site, the press release said.

Further details about the accident were initially not available.