At least two dead after a truck hits a group of people in Germany

At least two people died this Friday and three others were injured after a truck accidentally ran over a group of pedestrians in the town of Passau, located in southeastern Germany.

As detailed by the Police, the victims are a mother and her daughter, just eleven years old, and among the three injured there is also a nine-year-old minor, the son of the deceased.. The other two injured are a 70-year-old woman in serious condition and another 45-year-old woman in minor condition.

As a result, security forces have clarified that the 63-year-old driver was on a delivery route when he climbed onto the sidewalk of a street with shops to avoid a bus that was stopped on the road.

The driver has also been injured and remains in police custody after the incident.. At the moment, the Police have not specified whether the driver was under the influence of drugs or alcohol, but they have rejected any theory about the intention of the event.

“At the moment, there are no indications that this is an assassination attempt or a political background,” said Joachim Herrmann, Minister of the Interior of Bavaria, the state where the town of Passau is located.. Herrmann and the mayor of Passau, Jurgen Dupper, have expressed their condolences to the family members.

The authorities have launched an investigation into the events to determine whether the accident occurred due to a driving error or a technical failure of the truck itself, which was towed and will be examined in more detail by the Police.