Grief for police officers: He died in dangerous commitment in Saxony!

A tragic incident occurred on January 7, 2025 when a 32-year-old police officer from Saxony in Lauchhammer was hit by a car during a search for car thieves and fatally injured. The incident occurred on Bockwitzer Straße on Tuesday morning. Despite immediately initiated rescue measures, the official still succumbed to his injuries at the scene of the accident.

The police chiefs of the Dresden Police Directorate and the South (Cottbus) police department express their grief and sympathy. Local politicians of the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district also expressed their regret about the tragic event. District Administrator Sigurd Heinze (independent) expressed his condolences and emphasized the sympathy for the victim's family and the helpers at the scene of the accident. Mayor Mirko Buhr (independent) expressed deep grief about the loss and thanked the emergency services of the police, fire brigade, THW and emergency services.

Details of the incident

According to reports, the policeman was in a civil vehicle and tried to stop a fleeing car with a “stop stick”. There were three people in the fleeing vehicle and it had been persecuted by the police for a long time. When the officer opened the door of his vehicle, the fleeing car grasped it at a high pace. It remains unclear whether the driver is targeted to the police officer. The persecuted vehicle was considered an accompanying vehicle to a presumably stolen car that only had one driver; However, the accompanying vehicle itself was not stolen.

The Saxon state government ordered public buildings to be granted on Wednesday. Mourning were raised in the Dresden government district as well as on the district buildings of the Dresden police department and the police in Brandenburg. In addition, police vehicles with a funeral floral are said to be traveling in North Rhine-Westphalia.

The Dresden police department was deeply dismayed by the death of the colleague who leaves a daughter and a life partner. Saxony's Interior Minister Armin Schuster also expressed his sympathy for relatives and colleagues. The official has specialized in the Dresden police department since 2018 and in automotive crime. The question is part of the investigation as to whether the driver of the fleeing vehicle accelerated during the control. Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser also expressed her affected compassion and emphasized the dangers associated with the police service.