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There was a serious traffic accident in front of a daycare center in North Hesse. A driver drove into a group of children – three were seriously injured.
Update from October 29th, 4.15 p.m .: The three seriously injured children after the car accident in front of a daycare center are three schoolgirls aged seven and eight. The police announced in another press release. According to the investigation, the 30-year-old man had turned right off the road with his car shortly before an underpass. He sat alone in the car, drove over a wide sidewalk and saw the group of children head-on. These were on foot.
The journey of the black car ended at a stone wall nearly two meters high. The front of the car was completely destroyed, the letter broke, and airbags were triggered. The cause of the accident is still unclear. The public prosecutor commissioned an expert to investigate the scene of the accident. A blood sample was taken from the 30-year-old. The investigators want to check the man’s ability to drive.
District Administrator Stefan Reuss (SPD) was dismayed. “I am very affected by the terrible accident. My thoughts are with the injured children and their families, ”he said.
Hessen: Car drives in a group of schoolchildren
Update from October 29, 12.25 p.m .: In the accident in front of a day care center in Witzenhausen, three children were seriously injured on Friday. The 30-year-old driver also suffered serious injuries, as the police in Eschwege announced.
The man had driven in his small car in Witzenhausen in the Werra-Meißner district for an initially unexplained cause with a group of children who were on their way to their elementary school. The officials assumed an accident. According to the police, the group of students consisted of five or six children.
The seven to nine year old children and the driver were taken to a clinic. According to initial investigations, the man had strayed from the road with his car.
Hessen: Accident in front of a daycare center – three seriously injured children
First report from October 29th: Witzenhausen – “This morning around 8 am there was a serious traffic accident in front of a day-care center in the Witzenhausen district of Gertenbach,” said the North Hesse police in a press release on Friday morning (October 29). Three children were seriously injured.
According to initial information from the police in Eschwege in northern Hesse, the driver of the car drove into a group of children for an initially unexplained cause. The accident occurred in the immediate vicinity of a daycare center. The officials initially assumed an accident.
Among other things, two rescue helicopters were sent to Witzenhausen, around 40 kilometers east of Kassel, to take care of the seriously injured. In addition, “police, emergency doctor and several rescue and care workers” were on duty at the accident site, the press release said. Further details about the accident were initially not available. (ph / dpa)
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