Hof (dpa / lby) - Two young men have had to answer to the Hof district court since Wednesday for an illegal car race and attempted murder of a police officer. While fleeing a police check, they are said to have hit an officer near Münchberg in November 2021 and seriously injured them, the district court said.
The 25 and 23-year-old men sat together in a car and are said to have initially driven away from a police check on Autobahn 9 near Bayreuth. The driver did not have a driver's license, was under the influence of THC and was driving with a stolen license plate, it said. In addition, he had previously escaped from a detention center and wanted to escape his renewed imprisonment.
According to the police, the men are said to have accelerated at times to more than 250 kilometers per hour during the chase. According to the public prosecutor's office in Hof, the driver wanted to drive at the highest possible speed in order to evade traffic control and accepted endangering others. This is considered illegal motor vehicle racing. According to the findings of the investigators, the passenger instigated the driver to drive away from the police patrol.
The officials then set up a roadblock on state road 2194 near Münchberg. When trying to drive around it, the men's car rammed into an officer. According to the information, he suffered serious leg injuries and had to undergo months of therapy to get his foot. He is still suffering from the consequences of the incident to this day, it said. The 1st Criminal Chamber of the Hof District Court has scheduled six days of trial.
