Rosenthal: Car hits 4-year-old girl – two female pedestrians seriously injured
A girl in Pankow was thrown several meters, and in Staaken a truck mirror struck a 23-year-old woman in the face. Berlin police are investigating several accidents.
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In Berlin’s Rosenthal district, a 4-year-old girl was struck and injured by a car. According to Berlin police, a 68-year-old man was driving on Friedrich-Engels-Strasse at around 5:50 p.m. on Friday when, according to initial findings, the child ran onto the road from the left. The girl was thrown several meters. She suffered abrasions to her head, hands and pelvis; a traumatic brain injury was suspected. Paramedics took her to a hospital. The driver and his 69-year-old female passenger were unhurt.
In Staaken (Spandau), at around 12:55 p.m. on Friday, the side mirror of a truck struck a 23-year-old pedestrian in the face as she was crossing Heerstrasse at a traffic light. She was admitted to a hospital with a suspected facial fracture and traumatic brain injury. A customs patrol that happened to be passing by gave first aid. Investigators are looking into, among other things, which traffic light phase applied to those involved.
Also on Friday, at around 5:15 p.m. in Pankow, a 25-year-old woman was hit by a car on Berliner Strasse after crossing the road from a tram stop; a bus driver had previously avoided a collision with her by making an emergency stop. The woman suffered a serious foot injury. Specialist traffic offense units are investigating how the accidents happened.