Car crashes into a crowd in Berlin: one person dies – driver identified, police provide information
Created: 2022-06-08 13:59
By: Martina Lippl
In the middle of Berlin, a car crashed into a crowd near the Memorial Church.
One person died.
The 29-year-old driver was arrested.
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Terrible incident in Berlin: A car drives into a crowd in the city center - one person dies, there are several seriously injured.
Car drives into group of people: Suspicious driver's identity known.
The suspected driver was arrested at the scene by police.
Update, 1:12 p.m
.: It is a sad day in Berlin.
More and more details about the death journey are becoming known.
The driver is 29 years old, police said.
"It is a German-Armenian living in Berlin," writes the police on Twitter.
The man was driving a silver-grey Renault Clio.
“The driver is said to have first driven into a group of people on Tauentzienstrasse and then into a shop window.
He was held by passers-by and handed over to the emergency services.”
First of all, it is still unclear whether it is a deliberate act or an accident "perhaps even with a medical emergency as a basis," said police spokesman Thilo Cablitz at the scene.
According to information from the
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, the dead person is said to be a teacher who had been on Tauentzienstrasse with her group of students.
According to the fire department, eight people were injured, five are in mortal danger and three are seriously injured.
There are also numerous minor injuries.
The police have set up a hotline for relatives: "The personal information center for relatives can be reached on 030 - 84854460."
Car drives into a crowd in the middle of Berlin – police appeal to witnesses
Update, 12.47 p.m
.: The police are asking witnesses to send information and videos and photos of the incident on Tauentzienstraße to their information portal.
"Please do not distribute any footage from the site of the event online," the police appealed on Twitter.
Update, 12.45 p.m .:
John Barrowman was also there for the terrible drama in the middle of Berlin.
The actor was an eyewitness to the events and emotionally described his impressions.
Car drives into crowds in Berlin: eight people are seriously injured – five of them life-threatening
Update, 12:38 p.m
.: Five people were critically injured in Berlin, another three people were seriously injured and one person died.
A fire department spokesman said on Wednesday.
In addition, people were slightly injured, like many, the fire department did not say at first.
The police spoke of a total of more than a dozen injuries.
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Accident specialists from the traffic police and the criminal police are now investigating whether it was an accident or a deliberate act, police said.
The identity of the driver of the Renault Clio must also be clarified.
The police had arrested the man.
Update, 12:31 p.m
.: The Berlin Senator for the Interior, Iris Spranger, writes about the incident near the Memorial Church on Ku’damm on Twitter: “I am shocked by the incident in Charlottenburg.
I'm in the situation center and keep myself informed.
My thoughts and my deepest sympathy are with all those affected!”
Car drives in Berlin on the sidewalk in a crowd – passers-by put the driver
Update, 12:09 p.m
.: The driver is said to be a man, reports ntv.
More and more details about the incident are becoming known.
The driver is said to have driven his Renault Clio into a crowd on a sidewalk and then crashed into a window of a Douglas branch about 200 meters further up Marburger Straße.
People were sitting at tables in a restaurant on the sidewalk.
"The driver of the Clio was held by a passer-by," said police spokesman Thilo Cablitz.
A police officer later arrested the man at the scene.
The police did not initially name his age or origin.
The police are now on site with 130 emergency services.
Car crashes into crowds in Berlin: one dead, driver arrested – first details of what happened
Update, 11.47 a.m
.: The Berlin police make a first statement: At 10.30 a.m. a man drove his car into a group of people on Tauentzien and injured several people, unfortunately one person died.
Then the man apparently drove back onto the road and then into a shop window and stopped there.
It is initially unclear whether it was an accident or an intentional act by the driver.
A police spokesman is also not ruling out a medical incident.
There is initially no further information about the driver.
The driver of the vehicle is being questioned by the police.
According to the fire brigade, around 60 emergency services are on site to continue to care for the injured.
However, the seriously injured had already been transported to hospitals.
Vehicle crashes near Berlin's Breitscheidplatz in a crowd: one dead – suspected driver arrested
first report
Berlin – A car crashed into a crowd in the Berlin district of Charlottenburg on Wednesday morning.
One person died, several people were injured.
According to the fire department, eight people were injured.
"It is not yet known whether it was an accident or intentional action," the police tweeted.
The driver was arrested at the scene.
First, the rbb reports on the incident, citing a spokesman for the fire department in Berlin.
Terrible incident: car crashes into a crowd in Berlin
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Berlin: Car crashes into a crowd – one dead, several injured
The terrible accident happened on Tauentzienstrasse in Berlin near the Memorial Church and Kurfürstendamm.
The fire brigade is on site with 60 firefighters.
Heavily armed police officers are also said to be on site.
Apparently, a small car crashed into a shop, as can be seen in several unconfirmed photos on social media.
The car broke through a shop window and came to a stop.
The rear of the vehicle can still be seen.
The suspected driver of the vehicle was arrested by police at the scene.
Berlin: car drives into crowd
The serious accident happened at 10.30 a.m. on Wednesday at the corner of Rankestraße and Tauentzienstraße.
The vehicle is partly on the sidewalk, partly in a shop.
The number of injured has been revised downwards.
It was initially said that 30 people were injured.
The incident happened not far from Breidscheidplatz, where twelve people died and more than 70 were injured in an attack on the Christmas market on December 19, 2016.
