Wild chase in Franconia: Police shoot on tires!

Wild chase in Franconia: Police shoot on tires!

In a shocking incident near Mühlhausen in the district of Erlangen-Höchstadt, there was a dramatic chase on Thursday afternoon, which ended with shots. According to the newspaper Franconian day began around 11 a.m. in a parking lot in Geiselwind, where the police were called after several traffic accidents reported there became. A silver Mercedes-Benz was suspected of being involved in these accidents. Immediately afterwards, the 52-year-old driver fled at high speed, which caused the police to persecute and assess serious threats.

persecution ends with injuries

The police were able to find the escape vehicle at Mühlhausen at 1 p.m. The driver ignored the stop signals and continued with risky maneuvers until she finally collided with a police car head -on. This collision led to considerable damage to both vehicles, with two police officers being slightly injured. In order to avoid another risk on the street, the emergency services had to take drastic measures and handed over several shots on the car tires, such as "https://www.fraenkischertag.de/lokales/hoechstadt-hergenaurach/blaulicht/muehlhausen-flucht-freu--nach-chuessen-art- 411969"> Tag reported. Ultimately, the escape vehicle in Lutherhöhe came to a standstill and the driver was arrested.

traffic controls and civil complaints

In a previously taken incident, the police carried out traffic controls in the urban area of ​​Mühlhausen on Tuesday morning on Tuesday morning due to numerous civil complaints, so Thib24 . The focus was particularly on bicycle and e-scooter drivers, who often endangered pedestrians on sidewalks. During the controls, several violations of the existing traffic rules were found, in particular that many cyclists used the sidewalks instead of the road, which is only allowed for children up to 10 years. E-scooter drivers also received information on their behavior.