A automobile attempting to evade a police examine in southern Germany left a freeway at excessive velocity on Friday and crashed, killing seven folks, authorities stated. The overcrowded automobile gave the impression to be carrying migrants.
The accident occurred close to Muehldorf, east of Munich on the A94 freeway, which ends up in the Austrian border. The automobile left the street and overturned.
Police stated on X, previously often known as Twitter, that preliminary investigations confirmed that it was a suspected smuggler automobile with greater than 20 folks on board. They stated prosecutors had opened a murder investigation.
All of these on board have been no less than barely injured and a few have been significantly injured, German information company dpa reported. They have been taken to close by hospitals.
The folks packed into the automobile included kids. It wasn’t instantly clear the place they got here from.
Germany has seen massive numbers of migrants arriving in latest months.