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Tuesday, December 1, 2020, 3:26 PM
| Last updated: 17:12
At least four people were killed and 15 others injured when a car collided with unsuspecting pedestrians in central Trier, Germany.
Initially, the authorities, based on eyewitnesses, spoke of one dead and ten injured. However, according to German television, the latest death toll speaks of four dead (including a minor) and more than 15 injured, some of whom were transferred to nearby hospitals in critical condition.
According to German media, the driver of the car is 51 years old and a German citizen, without any report on his motives at the moment, while he was immediately detained by police officers who arrived at the scene.
Local media reported that the driver of the black Range Rover crossed the city center at a speed of more than 70 km, passing the popular shopping street Simeonstrasse near Porta Nigra, indiscriminately hitting citizens of all ages with the vehicle. they were in the place.
The time of the driver’s arrest
The police immediately moved, located the car and, after stopping it, the police arrested the driver.
A video uploaded to twitter shows a beastly gray SUV with obvious signs of a collision, as police pinned down and threw a man to the ground and handcuffed him.
#Trier # TR0112 pic.twitter.com/SMmCEdU8H5
– Outraged clown (@EmporterC) December 1, 2020
The local police have rammed the car and arrested the driver. pic.twitter.com/rFY1jzt6iD
– Wars on the edge (@ WOTB07) December 1, 2020
According to the Police, the motives of the perpetrator have not yet been released, who has been arrested, however, the Mayor of the City, Wolfram Leibe, has already spoken of “debauchery” on the part of the perpetrator.
By posting on Twitter, the Police also ask citizens to avoid the area, in order to facilitate the work of health teams and security forces.
BREAKING: Police say several people were injured after being hit by a car in a pedestrian zone in the western German city of Trier.
Police ask people to avoid the area. pic.twitter.com/26y8tAg7ps
– DW News (@dwnews) December 1, 2020
By posting on Twitter, the Police also ask citizens to avoid the area, in order to facilitate the work of health teams and security forces.
Several injured people who were hit by a car in the pedestrian zone of #Trier. Avoid the area, the police are on the scene along with other emergency services.
– Trier Police (@PolizeiTrier) December 1, 2020
According to the news website “Lokalo”, it was a Range Rover car, which was heading towards the crowd at a speed of more than 70 km / h.
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