The 44-year-old cyclist who was run over by a truck died of her serious injuries. After the woman was declared brain dead yesterday, police have now confirmed her death. Two climate activists have to answer for failure to provide assistance.
The cyclist who was critically injured in an accident with a concrete mixer in Berlin is dead. The police and public prosecutor announced this on Friday. The 44-year-old died in hospital on Thursday evening. According to the police, the woman had previously been declared brain dead.
The accident caused a nationwide stir and discussion. According to the fire brigade, a special vehicle that was supposed to help free the injured person under the truck was stuck in a traffic jam on the city highway. This is said to have been triggered by an action by the climate protest group “Last Generation”. The Berlin police filed criminal charges against two climate activists from the group, among other things, for failure to provide assistance.
The climate activists of the “last generation” had initially expressed dismay at the news of the cyclist’s brain death. “It hits us deeply that the cyclist who was seriously injured in an accident by a cement mixer in Berlin on Monday has now been declared brain dead,” said activist Henning Jeschke.
At the same time, the activists are fighting against blame and the media’s handling of the cyclist’s death. “We didn’t expect that an entire media system would turn against us,” said the group in another statement, from which “Spiegel” quoted. In the statement, the group complains about a “wave of allegations, untruths and hate speech” against itself and accuses the “media landscape” of “fictionally exaggerating the circumstances of the cyclist’s accident in Berlin in this form and thus democratic protest in a crisis situation delegitimized”.
While rescue workers were taking care of the woman, an unknown attacked the 64-year-old concrete mixer driver with a knife. The attacker then fled the scene of the accident. According to the “B.Z.” have arrested. According to the report, a Tesla driving past the scene of the accident recorded the crime with a car camera. The attacker is said to be a homeless 48-year-old man. The concrete mixer driver was also taken to the hospital.