Unknown cyclist rams students and flees - police are looking for witnesses!

Unbekannte Radfahrer verletzen Schüler und Kleinkind in Neuhofen. Polizei sucht Zeugen. Details zu Vorfällen am 20. Mai 2025.
Unknown cyclists violate students and toddlers in Neuhofen. Police are looking for witnesses. Details on incidents on May 20, 2025. (Symbolbild/DNAT)

Unknown cyclist rams students and flees - police are looking for witnesses!

On May 20, 2025, around 6:45 p.m. in Neuhofen/Krems, Upper Austria, a traffic accident occurred in which a 12-year-old student was touched by an unknown cyclist. The incident occurred in the Weidenweg, height of the sewage treatment plant. After the collision, the student fell and then had to be treated on an outpatient basis in the Linz University Hospital. The parents brought him home because the cyclist continued without stopping.

The fleeting cyclist is described as follows: he is male, about 180 to 185 cm tall, slim and between 65 and 70 years old. He wears gray hair, had no bicycle helmet and was covered with a gray army cap and a sleeveless quilted vest in black and orange color. He also had dark or black pants. The police asks for information from witnesses and provides contact with the Neuhofen/Krems police inspection on 059133 4139.

additional incident with a toddler

The description of the cyclist is: It is about 30 to 35 years old, around 170 cm tall and slim with shoulder -length red hair that may be colored. Here, too, the police, in this case, ask the Schifferstadt police, to provide information on the identity of the cyclist. Interested parties can contact the police on 06235/4950 or by email to pi.schifferstadt@polizei.rlp.de.

traffic safety in focus

These incidents once again make a lightness on traffic safety in Germany and Austria. According to Destatis serve statistics on the traffic safety of the analysis of accidents and the development of corresponding measures in legislation as well as infrastructure. The data show that infrastructure and traffic safety are becoming increasingly important to avoid such tragedies and help the development of traffic education measures.

The analysis of all traffic accidents has shown that accidents with injuries affect not only the people concerned, but also their families and the entire social environment. It is of great importance that witnesses of such accidents, such as those mentioned, act quickly and turn to the police to clarify the legal consequences for the polluters and to avoid future incidents.

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OrtWeidenweg, Höhe der Kläranlage, 4501 Neuhofen/Krems, Österreich
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