Drama in Munich: after a fight, a young person falls on a woman who loses her life
Created: 01/10/2023 12:12 p.m
By: Lucas Sauter-Orengo
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Tragic accident in Munich: After two young people argued on the street, one of them fell on an elderly woman who succumbed to her injuries.
Munich – It was a harmless scuffle between two young people that ended fatally for an elderly lady.
The tragic accident happened in Munich on Monday, January 9, around 1.50 p.m.
As reported by the police, two young people (16 and 14 years old) carried out a harmless scuffle in the Rotkreuzplatz/Leonrodstraße area.
This pushed one of them backwards, causing him to collide with an 84-year-old woman.
Drama in Munich: woman falls to the ground after a fight among young people and dies
The impact caused the elderly lady to fall backwards onto the ground, and the woman's health immediately deteriorated.
She required CPR on the spot.
The emergency doctor who was called immediately took her to a hospital with ongoing resuscitation, where she finally died shortly afterwards.
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The police press release is as follows:
On Monday, January 9th, 2022 at around 1:50 p.m., two young people (16 and 14 years old) residing in Munich were on the sidewalk in the Rotkreuzplatz/Leonrodstraße area. A friendly tussle ensued between the two, after which one of them was pushed backwards as a result. There was a collision with an 84-year-old woman residing in Munich who fell backwards to the ground. The condition of the woman deteriorated rapidly as a result. She required CPR on the spot. The emergency doctor who was called immediately took her to a hospital under ongoing resuscitation, where she finally died shortly afterwards. The further investigations in this case were taken over by Commissariat 12 (death investigations).
