Five injured – 74-year-old drives electric car into crowd

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A 74-year-old drove a rental car into a group of people in Heikendorf on the Kiel Fjord in the state of Schleswig-Holstein – five adults were injured. An act of terrorism has been ruled out at this time.

A woman was seriously injured and four other people were slightly injured, a police spokeswoman said. According to the current state of the investigation, it was likely an accident and not a deliberate act intended to injure anyone, police said.

I lost control of the electric car
According to his own statements, the driver wanted to stop at a parking lot in the late afternoon. However, he accidentally drove into a traffic pole, rolled over it and then collided with a group of people who were walking there, it was said. The rental car was an electric vehicle, the police spokeswoman said.

The five injured were taken to nearby hospitals by emergency vehicles. The 74-year-old was unharmed. The Heikendorf police station has launched an investigation into the accident.

Source: Krone

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