The German Chancellor Angela Merkel commented on the car hitting pedestrians in Trier. This was reported by RIA Novosti .
The politician expressed her condolences to the relatives of the victims. “The news from Trier makes me very sad. I think about those who suffered, including hard, and I wish them strength,” she said.
Merkel added that she is in contact with Malu Dreyer, Prime Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate.
That an unknown ran over on people in the pedestrian zone of Trier, became known earlier on December 1. Later it turned out that the hit resulted in the death of at least two people, injured before 15 people, some were seriously injured. A 51-year-old local resident, a citizen of the Federal Republic of Germany, was driving the car. He was immediately detained by the police. The suspect was in a state of alcoholic intoxication.