Overview
- Surveillance videos shown in court depict the car turning from a crossing onto a footpath and speeding through crowds during the December 20, 2024 attack that killed six and injured more than 300.
- Accident expert Timo Schubert testified the vehicle’s collision-assistance systems were active but the driver repeatedly floored the accelerator and overrode them, as permitted under European rules.
- The event-data recorder logged only part of the collisions because its memory could not capture the full sequence of impacts, according to the expert.
- Although the 340-horsepower vehicle was heavily damaged externally, steering, the brake pedal and the chassis were not impaired, countering suggestions of mechanical failure.
- The judge suggested traumatized victims not be called to testify in person, with statements potentially read aloud, and the trial is set to hear police officers at the next session on Monday.