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Berlin (AP) - A few days after a horror crash in Berlin-Treptow, the third occupant of the fully occupied accident car died.
The 19-year-old died on Saturday in the hospital from his severe burn injuries, the police said.
He is therefore the sixth traffic fatality in the capital this year.
The highly motorized car with four occupants between the ages of 19 and 21 crashed into a construction container late Tuesday evening at high speed and with such force that it tore up and went up in flames.
A young man died at the scene of the accident, a second a few hours later.
The alleged driver was not injured as badly.
He is being investigated for negligent homicide and illegal motor vehicle racing with a fatal outcome.
He was first arrested in the hospital.
The responsible judge had rejected an arrest warrant requested by the public prosecutor's office because of doubts about an urgent suspicion.
According to its own information, the public prosecutor's office is still checking whether it will file a complaint against it.
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According to a report in the "Bild" newspaper, the now deceased was treated in the Marzahn accident hospital, which specializes in burn injuries.
According to the newspaper, the critically injured 19-year-old was initially placed in an artificial coma.
Firefighters found debris 100 meters away from the accident site, as a spokesman for the dpa said after the accident.
The emergency services had found a picture of the destruction that was difficult to imagine.
Around 80 workers were deployed.
"We work at the scene of the accident, the psychologically stressful mission is discussed afterwards," the spokesman described, which was not common even for seasoned workers.
For the investigators, the beginning of the horror accident has been as follows: The car with the quartet sped on the street Am Treptower Park on Tuesday evening at around 10:40 p.m., the driver lost control of the car before a junction and crashed into it with great force Trees before they burst and burn out.
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Car races on the streets of the capital are not uncommon.
From October 2017 to October 2020, according to information from the Berlin criminal investigator Andreas Winkelmann, 1,500 criminal proceedings - including those against unknown persons - were initiated.
300 speeders have been legally convicted.
Winkelmann heads the special department for prohibited motor vehicle races at the Berlin Public Prosecutor's Office.
In his experience, it is mostly young men between the ages of 20 and 35 who rent highly motorized cars and would not think about being caught in a "sting" or endangering others.
Many races on mostly short routes are held at night.
In October 2017, illegal car races were upgraded from an administrative offense to a criminal offense.
Since then, participation in such races can be punished with imprisonment.
Before that, there were only fines.
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Winkelmann had repeatedly pleaded for a car driving license.
"Why is the novice driver not only allowed to drive a 75-hp vehicle at first and a higher-powered vehicle only five years later?"
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