Five dead, including baby, in intentional hit and run in Germany

Five people were killed, including a nine-month-old baby, in an intentional mass crash, caused by a 51-year-old German, who was arrested minutes later, and who broke into a pedestrian area in Trveris ( west of Trveris) with his car. Germany).

According to sources of the investigation during a press conference, the man entered the pedestrian streets of the city center with his SUV, between the Basilica of Constantine and the Porta Nigra, shortly after 1:45 local time (11:45 GMT) and traveled several hundred meters zigzagging to crush passers-by and cross counters.

Just four minutes later, when he got out onto a busy road, he was pulled over by several police cars which had been alerted and pulled over despite resistance. The front of the vehicle was visibly damaged.

Those who died are a nine-month-old baby (her mother was injured), a 25-year-old woman, a 45-year-old man and a 73-year-old woman. The fifth victim died a few hours later in hospital from the injuries. In addition, about two weeks were injured, among which there are several of extreme seriousness.

The Trier public prosecutor’s office explained that the suspect is a 51-year-old man of German nationality, born in Trveris and living on the outskirts of the city, while he had spent the last days “in his vehicle”. Various local media identified him as Bernd W.

The detainee, who was heavily intoxicated at the time of his arrest (1.4 mg / l of exhaled air, well above the legal limit of 0.25 mg / l) and had no history, although ‘An investigation is underway on the fact that he could have a “psychiatric disorder”, because some tests had been carried out recently.