Vehicle rams into crowd in Szczecin, Poland, March 2024

Panic in Poland. And vehicle rammed into a crowd on a pedestrian promenade in the city of Szczecin, in the northwest of the country, leaving more than a dozen people injured. According to regional authorities, the number of injured people rose to 19 due to the incident, which they ruled out was a terrorist attack.

“We had an incident here at this time with a balance of 17 injured, including three minors and two in critical condition.“, declared the regional governor, Adam Rudawski, to the local press. The number of injured people was later updated to 19.

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Rudawski added that the driver of the vehicle was arrested shortly after after trying to flee the scene. For his part, local police spokesman Pawel Pankau stated that the suspect is a 33-year-old citizen of Polish origin, and reiterated that “It was not a terrorist act”. “The man behind the wheel of a Ford Focus crashed into a group of people waiting for the tram” at an important intersection in Szczecin. “Initial analyzes indicate that he was not under the influence of alcohol or drugs.”Pankau added.

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A car ran over a crowd on a pedestrian crossing in the Polish city of Szczecin this Friday. As a result, at least 17 people were injured, two of them in critical condition. pic.twitter.com/bpIsoCrT4Y

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According to witnesses, cited by international media, the driver was traveling at high speed and ended up hitting the crowd in the pedestrian crossing, a sidewalk and on the tram track. Subsequently, he tried to escape aboard the vehicle, causing a collision with three other cars, whose crew members were also injured.

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