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Police officers stand at the scene of an accident on Leipziger Strasse.
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A serious traffic accident occurs not far from Potsdamer Platz in Berlin.
A woman dies in the hospital and later her child too.
According to accident witnesses, the driver was driving too fast.
Berlin - The 83-year-old driver who hit a woman and a child in a serious traffic accident in Berlin on Saturday was, according to witness statements, traveling at excessive speed.
The Berlin police announced this on Sunday morning.
The mother and her son were critically injured and died in hospital.
According to accident witnesses, the 83-year-old was driving on Leipziger Straße towards Potsdamer Platz at excessive speed.
According to the police's initial findings, when he approached waiting vehicles due to the traffic situation, he is said to have used the right-hand cycle lane to drive past the traffic jam.
At the same time, a 41-year-old pedestrian and her four-year-old son wanted to cross the road.
The two were hit head-on by the car.
The driver of the accident then crashed into another vehicle, which in turn drove into a car waiting at the red light.
The mother and her son, both tourists from Belgium, later died in hospital.
According to the police, an alcohol test showed a blood alcohol level of 0.0.
The investigation into the exact cause of the accident is still ongoing.
dpa