Overview
- Police report the child rode onto Westersteder Straße about 100 meters before an intersection in the Ocholt district on Monday afternoon.
- The bus was traveling toward Westerstede around 4 p.m., and the driver executed a full emergency brake with an evasive maneuver.
- The child was struck and died at the scene, and the bus subsequently collided with a roadside tree.
- Rescue teams, police and the fire brigade responded, with emergency pastoral care present at the site.
- The road was closed for hours as the Polizeikommissariat Westerstede began its investigation, and no additional injuries have been publicly confirmed.