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Three-Year-Old Critically Injured Outside Geeste School After Driver Pulls Out of Parking Space

Police say a 59-year-old failed to notice the child during departure from the sports hall lot.

Mit einem Hubschrauber wurde das dreijährige Kind in ein Krankenhaus geflogen. (Symbolbild)
Kind (3) vor Schule in Geeste schwer verletzt, Hubschrauber bringt es ins Krankenhaus.
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Overview

  • The collision occurred Monday midday in front of Gebrüder-Grimm-Schule on Teglinger Straße in Geeste, Emsland.
  • According to police, the driver was slowly exiting a parking space when she overlooked the three-year-old girl.
  • First responders provided treatment at the scene before a rescue helicopter flew the child to a hospital.
  • Several pupils witnessed the incident, and the school community was described as deeply shaken.
  • Local outlets citing official information reported an approximate time of 12:40 and identified the car as an Opel Adam.