Nineteen people were injured on Friday after a car collided with a group of pedestrians and other vehicles in the center of Szczecin (northwest), authorities said, with police ruling out a “terrorist act”.
“There are six children among the injured. “Two injured people are in critical condition,” said Adam Rudawski, the region’s prefect, adding that the driver was arrested after escaping.
“This is not a terrorist attack,” Szczecin police spokesman Pawel Pankau told reporters.
“He is a 33-year-old Polish citizen from Szczecin,” he said, adding that the number of injured could change.
According to him, “the man driving a Ford Focus hit a group of people waiting for the tram” at a large intersection in Szczecin with secured crossings.
“Initial analyzes indicate that he was not under the influence of alcohol or drugs,” said Pankau.
According to witnesses quoted by the Polish press, the driver, who came to the intersection at high speed, veered onto the secured crossing, the sidewalk and the tram, knocking people over.
After crossing the intersection, he fled in his car and caused a collision with three vehicles about a kilometer away, injuring their driver. Seventeen people were injured on Friday when a car was hit in the center of Szczecin in northwestern Poland, the region's prefect said, with police ruling out a “terrorist act.”
There was an incident in which “17 people were injured, including three minors and two (injured) in critical condition,” Adam Rudawski told the press, adding that the driver was arrested after escaping.
“This is not a terrorist attack,” Szczecin police spokesman Pawel Pankau told reporters.
“He is a 33-year-old Polish citizen,” he said, adding that the number of injured could change.
According to him, the car hit people waiting for a tram at a large intersection in Szczecin with secured crossings.
The man was arrested after he fled in his car and caused a collision with three vehicles, injuring their driver, he said. Seventeen people were injured by a car on a protected crossing in the center of Szczecin in northwestern Poland on Friday, the region's prefect said.I