1 dead, 15 injured after van driver strikes attendees at Berlin pride parade

One particular person has been killed and 15 others injured after a driver struck individuals attending a pride parade in Berlin, Germany, in keeping with officers and native media. Some of the injured suffered life-threatening accidents.

The incident occurred at about 10 pm on Saturday throughout the Christopher Street Day parade close to Lennéstraße in Berlin’s Tiergarten park, in keeping with police.

Police stated a car drove into the park and struck a number of individuals. (*1*) It was reported that one particular person died and 15 others have been injured, a few of them critically.

An eyewitness informed BZ Berlin that the car was a white van touring at least 80 kilometers per hour, or 50 mph. He reportedly entered the park from Tiergartenstraße close to a tunnel and struck a number of individuals earlier than crashing right into a tree.

The driver then fled on foot, in keeping with the report. Police are looking the world for the suspect or suspects.

Numerous law enforcement officials and rescue staff from the Berlin Fire Department and different emergency businesses are at the scene. Several sufferers are at the moment 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 depart and comply with directions from emergency staff.