Berlin: A car has driven into a pedestrian zone in the south-western German city of Trier, killing two people and seriously injuring 15 others, officials said.
The driver was arrested and the vehicle was impounded on Tuesday, local time, Trier police tweeted. Police and rescue crews were on the scene and authorities told people to avoid the city centre.
Mayor Wolfram Leibe told the SWR broadcaster that in addition to the two dead, 15 people had suffered serious injuries.
“We have an amok driver in the city. We have two dead that we are certain of and up to 15 injured, some of them with the most severe injuries,” he told SWR.
“We are just trying to get an overview. We have ambulances from all over the region helping here. Our first task now is to make people safe.”
