At least 15 victims after a person drove a vehicle into a crowd during Christmas event preparations in Sainte-Anne
At least 15 victims after a person drove a vehicle into a crowd during Christmas event preparations in Sainte-Anne, Guadeloupe, a French overseas region.
A person drove a vehicle into a crowd during Christmas event preparations in Sainte-Anne in the French overseas region of Guadeloupe on Friday (local time), leaving at least 19 victims, including 10 deaths.
The cause of the accident is currently unknown, and an investigation into the matter is underway. According to witnesses at the scene quoted in the RCI report, the driver may have suffered a medical episode at the wheel. The theory is yet to be confirmed. The driver is said to have remained on the scene.
Firefighters, paramedics and police officers are deployed at the scene. The mayor of the town is on the scene and has activated a crisis team to assist the victims of the horrific tragedy.
Last year, a car ploughed into a busy outdoor Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg just days before the festival, killing at least two people and injuring at least 68 others.
The driver of the car was arrested, German news agency dpa reported, citing unidentified government officials in the state of Saxony-Anhalt.
Saxony-Anhalt’s interior minister, Tamara Zieschang, told reporters that the suspect is a 50-year-old Saudi doctor who first came to Germany in 2006.
At least two people were killed, and 68 were injured, including 15 who were hurt very seriously, according to government officials and the city government’s website. It said 37 people had injuries of medium severity, and 16 were lightly injured.
