Car crashes into crowds in Berlin: one dead, driver arrested – first details of what happened
Created: 06/08/2022Updated: 06/08/2022 12:10 p.m
By: Martina Lippl
In Berlin, a car crashed into a crowd near the Memorial Church.
According to initial information, there are several injured.
One person died.
The driver was arrested at the scene.
Terrible incident in Berlin: A car drives into a crowd in the city center - one person dies, there are several seriously injured.
The background to the incident is initially unclear.
The suspected driver was arrested at the scene by police.
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.
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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.
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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 Tauenzienstrasse 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.
