Baden-Württemberg: Another victim of the death drive from Mannheim

A man is said to have killed his father and hit four cyclists while trying to escape.

Baden-Württemberg: Another victim of the death drive from Mannheim

A man is said to have killed his father and hit four cyclists while trying to escape. A cyclist died instantly. Now her husband has also succumbed to his injuries.

Mannheim (dpa / lsw) - The death drive of a man in Mannheim cost another victim after two months. A 78-year-old man succumbed to serious injuries inflicted by a 36-year-old driver, according to the investigation. Another cyclist is out of danger. Another injured cyclist left the hospital shortly after the accident. The “Mannheimer Morgen” initially reported on Tuesday.

The man who died at the end of July was on his bike like his wife when the suspected driver intentionally rammed them both. The 71-year-old died at the scene of the accident.

Previously, the man who had been admitted to a psychiatric clinic in Ellerstadt, Rhineland-Palatinate, is said to have killed his 69-year-old father. He is said to have fled in the direction of Mannheim in his mother's car, where he hit the four cyclists. Finally, according to the investigators in Mannheim, he jumped into the Rhine. The water police rescued him from the river.

The public prosecutor's office in Mannheim, which is processing both cases, says it expects two more reports; one on the criminal responsibility of the suspect and the requirements for placement in a psychiatric hospital. In addition, an expert is to reconstruct what happened. The officers are investigating on suspicion of manslaughter, murder and attempted murder against the man in his mid-thirties.