A 20-year-old motorist in the night to Saturday in Magdeburg with his car strayed from the road, bumped against a tree and against a lantern. At the scene of the accident, the emergency services had also met a 21-year-old driver, who drove behind the accident at the time of the accident, police said.
The officials assume after initial investigation that the two "could have delivered with their highly motorized vehicles an illegal Rennes". Both cars were therefore confiscated and the two drivers were provisionally arrested. You are in police custody.
Racers always cause serious accidents in Germany. Just last week, the Berlin district court has again sentenced two men for murder after a deadly car race on the Ku'Damm. A first guilty verdict had the Federal Supreme Court yet repealed.
The consequences of the accident in Magdeburg, on the other hand, were more lenient. Although total damage occurred on the vehicle, the driver suffered only slight injuries and a shock, according to the police.