Skip to main content
Home

Main navigation

  • Top stories
  • Health
  • Crime
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Tech
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Weird
  • 1-1-2
Image
German police tape
German police tape - Credit: Photo: Dirk Vorderstraße / Flickr - License: CC-BY
Crime
Limburg
hit and run
Susteren
New Year's Day 2021
fatal car accident
accident
fatal accident
traffic accident
call for witnesses
Germany
De Millen
K1 Bundesstrasse
Thursday, 7 January 2021 - 12:50
Share this:
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • linkedin
  • whatsapp
  • reddit

Dutch police need witnesses to fatal hit-and-run in German border town

An 18-year-old pedestrian died as a result of a hit-and-run near in the German village of Millen, near the Dutch border, early on New Year's Day. Police departments in both the Netherlands and Germany are looking for any witnesses to the crime.

The young adult succumbed to his injuries after getting hit by a red car at around 4.40 a.m. on the K1 Bundesstrasse near Robert-Bosch-Strasse. The driver briefly exited the vehicle, according to De Limburger. Police said the person then proceeded to drive away/

The car came from the direction of Tüddern in Germany and was headed towards Susteren in the Netherlands, which is only a 4 minute drive away from the scene of the accident.

Authorities believe the car has visible damage to the front as a result of the accident. The Dutch police consider it likely that the driver resides in the Netherlands.

The Dutch and German police departments are working together to solve the crime. Police are calling on any witnesses to come forward with information.

Follow us:

Latest stories

  • Covid vaccine effectiveness falls to 0% a year after first series
  • Three life sentences in Caloh Wagoh assassinations trial
  • Skyrocketing interest in campers due to chaos at Dutch airports
  • Covid infections may be stabilizing at new peak, but hospital total jumps 20 percent
  • Nature reserve destroyed in farmer protest; Grocers lose millions in revenue
  • Warm temps mean more wasps in the Netherlands this summer

Top stories

  • Covid infections may be stabilizing at new peak, but hospital total jumps 20 percent
  • Bisexual people often victims of violence; Situation not improving
  • Delayed care in Covid cost at least 320,000 years of life: RIVM
  • Farmers' protests: Some 15 arrested at distribution blockades, 200 fined on highways
  • Over 350 monkeypox cases diagnosed in the Netherlands so far; First child tests positive
  • Police arrest new suspect for directing murder of journalist Peter R. de Vries

© 2012-2022, NL Times, All rights reserved.

Footer menu

  • Privacy
  • Contact
  • Partner content