When lighting fireworks in the street, a pedestrian in Saxony-Anhalt was hit by a car and fatally injured. The 42-year-old man was thrown several meters across the road by the force of the impact early Sunday morning, police said. He died at the crash site in Schönebeck (Elbe) in the Salzland district.
The 61-year-old driver fled after the accident and initially parked the car on a side street. A witness followed him in his own car and, according to the police, managed to convince him to turn back. After that, the 61-year-old man had a breath alcohol level of 1.86 per thousand. A blood sample and driver’s license were taken from him.