Overview
- The child was cycling on the footpath when, on Saturday, he moved onto the roadway and struck a tram on Georg‑Schwarz‑Straße, then became partially trapped under the car.
- Paramedics treated him for several minutes at the scene and took him to a hospital with life‑threatening injuries, while a crisis team supported his mother and shocked bystanders.
- Traffic investigators closed the corridor for hours, documented evidence, and now ask witnesses to come forward, including a person observed at the scene with a shopping cart.
- Separate crashes across Germany over the weekend led to extended closures and injuries, including two serious A7 incidents near Seesen and Walsrode, a six‑hour A95 shutdown near Starnberg, and a head‑on on Saxony’s S258 that hurt six people.
- Police cite differing possible causes across cases, such as wet roads, suspected medical issues, and alcohol, and will use witness accounts and preserved scene data to reconstruct events and assess safety along busy tram and road corridors.