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A 24-year-old man got off the street in his car in Neumünster and drove into a group of pedestrians.

A 34-year-old man and a 30-year-old woman died, a police spokesman said Thursday morning.

The two fatalities were a couple.

A 27-year-old woman was admitted to hospital with life-threatening injuries.

How the accident happened late on Wednesday evening was initially unclear.

The 24-year-old first hit a tree and two concrete bollards with his car and then slipped into the group that was walking there. According to the first findings of the police, the driver was unharmed. Further details were initially not available.