A cyclist succumbed to her serious injuries on Thursday after an accident involving a concrete mixer in Berlin on Monday. The incident had caused a stir as a protest prevented rescuers from getting to the scene quickly: climate protesters had stuck to the street and caused a traffic jam.
The 44-year-old cyclist fell under a concrete mixer in the Wilmersdorf district on Monday. However, a special fire service vehicle arrived at the accident site with a delay, because the car had to be in a traffic jam on the A100 city highway, according to a spokesman, according to a spokesperson. The vehicle was a rescue vehicle with special technology used to lift heavy loads. Without the protest, there would have been no traffic jam at the moment, the fire service explained.
Investigation started against two climate activists
Investigations were eventually launched against a 63-year-old and a 59-year-old activist for failing to provide assistance or hindering those providing assistance. These were attached to a sign bridge on the A100, a police spokesman for the “Berliner Zeitung” reported.
Police union: ‘Fairytale of innocent protest’
The case caused a stir: in many German media and social networks, the “climate stickers” were blamed for the delayed rescue of the accident victim. Many therefore demanded hard consequences for activists who stay on the street and cause traffic disruption, such as the spokesman for the Berlin Police Union: “Outwardly you have to say goodbye to the fairy tale of harmless protest. Anyone who blocks traffic routes risks internal security and also consciously accepts that people in distress have to wait longer for help from the police and fire brigade,” said Benjamin Jendro according to “Bild”.
However, some journalists and social media users are also protecting the climate activists: they argue that they would not have caused the accident and that the traffic jam would not have hindered emergency services if the vehicles on the highway had formed a rescue lane as required. They demand safe cycle paths in the capital to make traffic safer.
Source: Krone
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