Two killed as car drives into pedestrians in Germany

DPA, 01ST DECEMBER, 2020- Two people have died after a car hit several pedestrians in the German city of Trier, police said on Tuesday, citing initial investigations.

The driver has been detained and a vehicle seized, police in the south-western city said.

The local SWR public broadcaster reported that 10 other people had been injured, citing Trier Mayor Wolfram Leibe, while a police spokesman only spoke of "several" people injured.

"Caring for the injured is of utmost priority," police wrote on Twitter, while appealing to the public to avoid the city centre.

The incident, which occurred on a pedestrianized area, sparked a major response by emergency services and large parts of central Trier were blocked off.