The police have drawn traces on the top parking deck with neon yellow paint, they lead in an arc directly to the abyss: on Easter Sunday in Essen at around 7:20 p.m., two young men fell with a car from the top floor of the parking garage in the Borbeck district and died came.
The car fell 15 to 18 meters and came to rest on the sidewalk on the driver's side, the fire brigade announced late Sunday evening.
According to the fire brigade, the rescue workers removed parts of the vehicle roof with hydraulic equipment and found two unresponsive young men in the “totally deformed vehicle”.
They were 16 and 19 years old.
The police were initially unable to say who was behind the wheel.
This is "part of the ongoing investigation," said a spokesman late Sunday evening.
Allegedly daring maneuvers on the parking deck
As the "Bild" newspaper reported with reference to residents, it is said that there was "drifting" on the parking deck again and again.
In other words, the deliberate oversteering of cars, in which, for example, the rear breaks out.
According to witness statements and traces on the top parking deck, the suspicion that driving maneuvers that led to the accident could have taken place there, said a police spokesman for the German Press Agency.
The injured young men were taken to a clinic under ongoing resuscitation, where only death could be determined, the fire brigade said.
Eyewitnesses and family members who came to the scene of the accident received emergency pastoral care.
The fire brigade was on site with numerous emergency services, and four emergency doctors were also on duty.