At elementary school: the driver races directly towards the girl (7).
Created: 08/19/2022, 16:31
The symbolic image shows a girl on a scooter on her way to school.
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A car driver in Cologne crashed directly into a seven-year-old girl.
The elementary school student had to dodge the sidewalk.
Witnesses are now being sought.
Cologne – A seven-year-old girl from Cologne had to dodge a speeder right in front of an elementary school on Tuesday (August 16).
The girl was riding a scooter on the sidewalk when a man suddenly drove towards her.
The speeder then fled and is now being sought for coercion, reports 24RHEIN.
Cologne: elementary school student on the sidewalk – suddenly a car races towards her
The elementary school student rode her scooter across the sidewalk on Grafenmühlenweg in Cologne-Dellbrück (district of Cologne-Mülheim) around 1 p.m.
She was near the elementary school on Urnenstrasse.
According to the police, a small blue car "turned off Von-Quadt-Strasse onto Grafenmühlenweg at high speed".
The speeder apparently headed straight for the sidewalk and the girl.
Cologne: a man drives a car towards an elementary school student – witnesses are wanted
The elementary school student was still frightened, the police said.
The man is said to have immediately continued in the direction of Talstrasse.
He is now wanted for coercion.
Police are asking any witnesses to come forward.
Anyone who observed the incident and can provide information about the driver or the blue small car should contact the police by telephone on 0221 229-0 or by email to poststelle.koeln@polizei.nrw.de.
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