One individual has been killed and 15 others injured after a driver struck folks attending a pride parade in Berlin, Germany, based on officers and native media. Some of the injured suffered life-threatening accidents.
The incident occurred at about 10 p.m. on Saturday in the course of the Christopher Street Day parade close to Lennéstraße in Berlin’s Tiergarten park, based on police.
Police mentioned a car drove into the park and struck a number of folks. dts reported that one individual died and 15 others have been injured, a few of them critically.
An eyewitness informed (*1*) that the car was a white van touring at least 80 kilometers per hour, or 50 mph. It reportedly entered the park from Tiergartenstraße close to a tunnel and struck a number of folks earlier than crashing right into a tree.
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The driver then fled on foot, based on the report. Police are looking out the world for the suspect or suspects.
Numerous cops and rescue staff from the Berlin Fire Department and different emergency businesses are at the scene. Several sufferers are at present being handled contained in the park.
Christopher Street Day is Berlin’s annual LGBTQ pride parade and one of many largest occasions of its sort in Europe. Organizers ended the parade, and police requested attendees to go away and comply with directions from emergency staff.
