A car drove into a group of people on a pavement in Kempen, in Germany's district of North Rhine-Westphalia, killing one person and injuring at least three, Bild reported.
Local police took to Twitter to inform the public that a road has been closed following a major accident in Kempen.
Schwerer Verkehrsunfall in #Kempen #St. Hubert
— Polizei NRW VIE (@polizei_nrw_vie) October 29, 2020
Die Tönisberger Straße ist zwischen der B 9 und Hülser Straße gesperrt.
Unsere Meldung: https://t.co/nTLcm8fibt pic.twitter.com/TCbpp33tAc
According to Bild, for reasons yet unknown, the car driver left the road to the right and rammed a group of people. There are, as yet, no indications that the collision was deliberate, police said.
The accident occurred at 16:36 local time. The injured were flown to hospital by the helicopter ambulance service.