Stone throwing from bridge: car damaged - police are looking for witnesses!

Stone throwing from bridge: car damaged - police are looking for witnesses!

On the second Christmas day, December 27, 2024, there was a dangerous incident in Neukloster, in which unknown people threw a stone from a motorway bridge. This happened on the A 20 towards Lübeck and hit the car of a 48-year-old man. The stone damaged the vehicle's windshield, which caused damage of around 1,000 euros. Fortunately, nobody was injured.

The driver concerned reported that he had seen several apparently minor people on the bridge. The police have initiated an investigation into the suspicion of a dangerous intervention in road traffic. Witnesses or other victims are asked to report to the motorway and traffic police area Metelsdorf, such as NDR reported.

legal assessment of similar incidents

Jura Online . It is about the assessment of the perpetrator presentation in cases where stones are thrown on vehicles. For example, it was found that not every stone's throw automatically leads to a criminal conviction for dangerous interference in road traffic. According to the judgment of the Federal Court of Justice, it is crucial whether a concrete danger to life and life or significant things has been created.

In the legal case discussed, a perpetrator was not sentenced to road traffic due to the type of stones used and the lack of intentions regarding serious damage, but was guilty of property damage. The legal differences and requirements in such cases make it clear that the classification of an incident as a criminal depends on various factors.

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