On Monday, a tragic incident in Halle overshadowed the Shrove Monday parade. A young woman is hit by a carnival float and seriously injured. She dies in hospital three days later.
After the accident with a motto wagon during the Rose Monday parade in Halle, the seriously injured pedestrian died in the hospital. The police announced this early in the morning. Accordingly, the 21-year-old succumbed to her injuries in a hospital in Halle. The woman was hit by a carnival float on Shrove Monday.
The woman apparently fell under the front tires of the motto car. Emergency doctors carried out life-sustaining measures on site. After several days in the hospital, she succumbed to her injuries.
After the accident on Monday, the move was canceled, which was able to start again this year after a two-year break due to corona. The closing event on the market square was also cancelled. The police are still investigating the exact cause of the accident. How the accident happened is still unclear. The police also gave no further information on the identity of the woman and the degree of her injury.
In Fulda, after the Shrove Monday procession, there were two knife attacks in which four people were injured. There are also said to have been several fights. One of the crimes happened in a bar district, reported the "Hessenschau", citing police information. The investigation and witness interviews are still ongoing.
In other places, all folk festivals have been largely peaceful since the end of the Corona measures. 150 children and young people were checked by the police and the youth welfare office, 65 of them were drunk. About 60 liters of alcohol were taken from them and destroyed because of the protection of minors.
