BERLIN — Multiple pedestrians sustained injuries Monday when a vehicle struck them in downtown Leipzig, Germany, according to local authorities.
Officials have not released exact casualty figures at this time. However, police confirmed that while several people were hurt in the incident, no fatalities have been reported, according to the German news agency dpa.
According to an official statement on Leipzig’s municipal website, authorities have apprehended both the vehicle and its operator, and the threat has been neutralized.
The collision occurred on Grimmaische Strasse, a thoroughfare that connects to Leipzig’s main retail district in the city center.
With a population exceeding 630,000 residents, Leipzig ranks among eastern Germany’s largest metropolitan areas and sits southwest of the nation’s capital, Berlin.
