Five injured
74-year-old drives e-car into a crowd of people
A 74-year-old man has driven a rental car into a group of people in Heikendorf on the Kiel Fjord in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein - five adults have been injured. An act of terrorism has been ruled out at this stage.
One woman suffered serious injuries and four other people were slightly injured, according to a police spokeswoman. According to the current state of the investigation, it was probably an accident and not a deliberate act in which someone was injured, the police said.
Lost control of e-car
According to the driver, he wanted to stop near a parking lot in the late afternoon. However, he unintentionally drove forwards into a bollard, rolled over it and then collided with a group of people walking there, according to the statement. The rental car was an electric vehicle, the police spokeswoman said.
The five injured people were taken to nearby hospitals by ambulance. The 74-year-old remained uninjured. The Heikendorf police station has started investigating the accident.
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