A truck hit pedestrians in the center of Passau, southeast Germany, leaving a 37-year-old woman dead and six injured. The information was reported by the German media, according to which the injured also included the driver of the vehicle, aged 63, and the daughter of the dead woman, aged 11. The injured were transported to hospital and the Schanzlbrücke bridge, in the area where the accident occurred, was temporarily closed to traffic and later reopened. According to initial police reconstructions reported by the media, it was an accident and not an attack. Bild reports that the accident occurred at around 9:50 am. The driver apparently hit pedestrians after passing a stopped vehicle; According to a statement from a businesswoman reported by the Passauer Neue Presse, the truck driver may have seen the bus stopping too late and tried to avoid it. The van ended up crashing into a wall.
Source: IL Tempo
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