A 40-year-old and a 39-year-old race in their cars near Hanover. The woman loses control of her car and crashes into oncoming traffic. In the end, two small children are dead. Now the public prosecutor's office has filed charges.
After a serious car accident with two dead children in the Hanover area, the public prosecutor's office has brought charges of murder and dangerous bodily harm against a 40-year-old. A 39-year-old is accused of aiding and abetting, both also participating in a prohibited car race and endangering road traffic, as the prosecution in Hanover announced.
In the accident in Barsinghausen on February 25, a two-year-old died at the scene of the accident, and his six-year-old brother died the following night. The parents and two other people were seriously injured.
According to the investigation, the accused are said to have delivered a race with their high-powered cars. For this, the 40-year-old is said to have swerved with her car into the oncoming lane, both are said to have accelerated to well over 100 km/h. Both cars are said to have driven over a crest into a right-hand bend at far too high a speed, where the 40-year-old encountered several cars on the opposite lane. The woman's car skidded, hit the rear of an oncoming car and spun, hitting the family car with their two young sons.
The family's car was thrown through the air into an adjacent field. The children were injured so badly that they died. The parents of the children and the driver of the other car, but also the suspected cause of the accident suffered serious injuries.
According to the information, the public prosecutor's office assumes, based on the investigation, that the 40-year-old accepted an accident with a fatal outcome for the occupants of the oncoming cars. The 39-year-old is accused of being an accessory to murder because he is also said to have accelerated his car before the accident occurred. He is therefore suspected of having contributed to the dangerous situation. An arrest warrant was issued for the 40-year-old. According to the information, she was arrested yesterday, Thursday, after an international search in Poland.
