A car drove into a security bollard in front of the British Embassy in Berlin.
On Thursday morning at the corner of Wilhelmstraße and Unter den Linden, the car also hit a person who was cycling, a spokeswoman for the Berlin police said in the morning.
She was badly injured and had to be resuscitated.
According to a dpa reporter, it was a woman.
According to the spokeswoman, a police object security officer was injured by flying car parts.
The fire brigade reported on Twitter that five people were injured.
One person was critically injured.
There are also two seriously and two slightly injured.
The German police union in Berlin also tweeted about several injuries.
According to the Berlin police, the accident is said to have occurred around 9.45 a.m.
According to initial findings, the driver is said to have hit the bollard for "medical reasons", said the spokeswoman for the Berlin police.
There is no evidence of a connection with the Russian attack in Ukraine.
The scene of the accident was closed.
Pictures from the scene of the accident showed the badly damaged car.