According to police, on Monday, the 29-year-old German citizen driving a Mercedes-Benz crashed into a crowd in the carnival parade in the German city of Volkmarsen, injuring dozens of people, including many children.
Witnesses told investigators that the motorist, probably deliberately drove into the crowd, according to NBC News.
«People come up to me and cried, said a German district Commissioner Reinhard Kubat. — On the street mainly affected children and elderly people. The children came to me and said it sounded like «Plop, plop, plop…» whenever a car comes over a man».
The suspect was among 20-30 people who were treated from injuries sustained in the accident, the statement said local officials.
According to the police, the most seriously wounded were taken to the district hospital, while the other was treated in a temporary hospital, which rescuers identified in the city pharmacy.
Meanwhile, The Associated Press reported that forensic experts started searching the silver Mercedes station wagon with local license plates, which stopped on the sidewalk. The front windshield of the car rammed the crowd, was smashed and the hood dented, emergency lights flashing. Around were scattered fragments of fancy dress costumes and tinsel.
The reasons for the incident is not yet established, but it has occurred less than a week after the city of Hanau man shot to death 11 people, including himself.
