Berlin

Fire service spokesperson says at least eight people seriously injured in incident near scene of 2016 attack.

“A man is believed to have driven into a group of people. “We don’t know whether this was a deliberate act or a traffic accident,” a police spokesperson told the Berlin newspaper Tagesspiegel. “We have detained the driver and are shedding light on the matter.” Tagesspiegel said the driver was a 60-year-old man, citing police circles. An unspecified number of people had sustained lighter injuries.

It is not yet clear if the incident was deliberate, police said. The driver was detained.

The corner where Wednesday’s incident unfolded is across from the Breitscheidplatz, a major public plaza, which was targeted by a Tunisian man who killed at least 12 people and wounded dozens more when he drove a black truck through crowds of visitors to one of the city’s most famous Christmas markets. On Twitter, actor John Barrowman, who was at the scene, wrote that the situation was “pretty horrific.” Barrowman later uploaded videos that showed emergency services, including helicopters, arriving to help people. The incident occurred close to the popular Kurfürstendamm shopping boulevard in the west of the German capital.

A man believed to be the driver of the vehicle has been detained, Berlin police said.

The cordon keeps expanding." This is serious," he continued in video messages posted on social media. "For the first 10-20 minutes it was just sheer chaos," he added. "How horrible that this morning these people got up to just go through a regular day, they were going through their daily business. It's pretty horrific." This is bad.

A car drove into a crowd of people in Berlin on Wednesday, killing one person and leaving five with life-threatening injuries, a fire service spokesperson ...

Bystanders looked up at a helicopter circling above. Blankets covered what appeared to be a body in a cordoned-off area guarded by police, Reuters images showed. "The vehicle, a small car, was secured on site." It is not yet known whether it was an accident or a deliberate act," police said. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com

The incident happened near the popular Kurfuerstendamm shopping boulevard in the west of the German capital, Berlin police spokesman Martin Dams said. Mr Dams ...

The driver had suffered an epileptic seizure and veered onto the pavement. He added that officers were trying to determine whether he had deliberately driven into pedestrians or whether it was an accident, possibly caused by a medical emergency. The man drove into people on a street corner at around 10.30am before getting the car back on the road and then crashing into a shop window a short distance away, police spokesman Thilo Cablitz said.

Emergency responders have kept the man who was driving the vehicle at the scene, according to the Berlin police department.

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Police said the man drove into people on a street corner Wednesday before getting the car back on the road and then crashing into a shop window.

He said police are trying to determine whether he deliberately drove into pedestrians or whether it was an accident, possibly caused by a medical emergency. The driver had suffered an epileptic seizure and veered onto the sidewalk. The man drove into people on a street corner at around 10:30 a.m. before getting the car back on the road and then crashing into a shop window around a block further on, police spokesman Thilo Cablitz said.

The incident happened near the popular Kurfuerstendamm shopping boulevard in the west of the German capital.

The driver had suffered an epileptic seizure and veered onto the pavement. He added that officers were trying to determine whether he had deliberately driven into pedestrians or whether it was an accident, possibly caused by a medical emergency. The driver was apparently detained by passers-by before being arrested by a police officer who was near the scene, Mr Cablitz said.

Police detain driver after incident in the Charlottenburg district. Car Hits Pedestrians In Berlin, At Least One Dead. A car ...

The 29-year-old male, as confirmed by a Berlin police spokesperson, continued to drive for hundreds of meters before crashing into the glass storefront of a cosmetics retailer. “Currently, we do not have an exact number of lightly injured persons,” he added. The incident took place at 10:30 a.m. on Kurfürstendamm in the Charlottenburg district of the German capital, according to a spokesperson for the city police.

A 29-year-old man drove a car into a crowd of people in a busy Berlin shopping district on Wednesday, killing a teacher and leaving six others with ...

Scottish-American actor John Barrowman, who was at the scene, said that the car careened onto the pavement and hit people before crashing into a storefront window. Police are trying to determine whether the man deliberately rammed into the crowd or whether it was an accident, possibly due to a medical emergency, he added. The car then crashed into a shop window on an adjoining street, according to the city's police and fire department.

A man believed to be the driver of the vehicle has been detained, Berlin police said.

The cordon keeps expanding." "For the first 10-20 minutes it was just sheer chaos," he added. This is serious," he continued in video messages posted on social media. "How horrible that this morning these people got up to just go through a regular day, they were going through their daily business. It's pretty horrific." An apparent confession letter was found in the car.

Berlin's mayor says the suspect, who is in police custody, is "severely mentally impaired".

"It's a big school in a small town," Mr van der Horst said. Almost all the injured were students who were on a school trip to celebrate finishing their exams. However, Ms Giffey cautioned that he has made a series of "confused statements".