A suspected drunk driver crashes into a group of people and flees: the woman and child are seriously injured
Created: 04/24/2022Updated: 04/24/2022 06:05
By: Leyla Yildiz
A car drove into a group of people in Leverkusen.
© Roberto Pfeil/dpa
A driver crashed into a group of people in Leverkusen on Saturday.
According to the police, three people were injured.
Update from April 23, 6:45 p.m .:
A suspected drunk driver drove into a group of people in Leverkusen on Saturday and then fled.
A 30-year-old woman and her two children aged nine and eleven were injured in the accident, as the police in Cologne announced in the evening.
There is no reliable information on the severity of the injuries.
The 47-year-old man who fled was arrested at his home address because of the precise statements made by witnesses.
According to the police, the driver lost control of his car at a roundabout in Leverkusen, probably due to excessive speed.
The traces of the accident at the scene of the crime are currently being determined, the police said in the evening.
On the other hand, large areas of the roundabout were cordoned off with warning tape, and buses could not continue.
An empty stroller sat on the sidewalk.
Regarding the injuries to the victims of the accident, the police initially said that the woman and one of her children had suffered serious injuries.
The second child was slightly injured.
Motorist crashes into a group of people: woman and two children injured
Update from April 23, 5:15 p.m .:
After a driver drove into a group of people in Leverkusen on Saturday, the police are now giving more details.
A police spokesman said a 30-year-old woman and her two children, ages nine and eleven, were injured.
The driver initially fled, but was then arrested.
The woman and one of her children suffered serious injuries.
The second child was slightly injured, the spokesman said.
The police are currently investigating the accident.
Leverkusen: Driver races in a group of people
First report from April 23, 5:01 p.m.:
Leverkusen – In Leverkusen on Saturday (April 23) a driver drove into a group of people.
A police spokesman said in Cologne in the afternoon that, according to the current status, five people were injured.
It was a small group of people.
More details were not initially known.
The Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger
had previously
reported on it.
Further information will follow
(ly with dpa)
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