Wuppertal (dpa / lnw) – When a 48-year-old woman crosses a street in Wuppertal at a green pedestrian traffic light, her dog running behind her is run over by a van. The Maltese was leashed, said a police spokesman on Friday when asked. The driver fled the scene of the accident without stopping and taking care of the woman and her dead dog.

For the accident on June 7, the police are looking for a witness who was walking on the sidewalk with a stroller at the time of the crime and initially supported the 48-year-old. When the police arrived, the witness was no longer there.