Overview

• According to investigators, the defendant, then a taxi passenger, opened a door into an adjacent bike lane in Berlin-Charlottenburg in February 2023 without checking for traffic.
• The 50-year-old cyclist struck the door, suffered severe head injuries in the fall, and died shortly afterward in hospital.
• Prosecutors are pursuing the case as negligent manslaughter, referred to in German as "fahrlässige Tötung".
• The court has so far scheduled only one day of proceedings.
• The reports use the term "Dooring" for crashes caused by a suddenly opened car door.