Car drives into pedestrians in German city Trier killing two people

At least two people were killed and several others wounded on Tuesday when they were crushed by a car in a pedestrian area of the western German city of Trier, police said.

“We have arrested one person, one vehicle has been secured. Two people have died, according to preliminary indications. Please continue to avoid the downtown area,” police said on Twitter.

The Trierischer Volksfreund local newspaper cited an eyewitness as maintaining a dark grey Range Rover was running at high speed and people had been thrown through the air.

It said the city centre had been cordoned off and helicopters were circling overhead.