Prime Minister Olaf Lies injured cyclists with a car door

Lower Saxony’s Prime Minister may have been in a hurry: Olaf Lies injured a cyclist in an accident with his service limousine. The State Chancellery in Hanover announced this.

The accident occurred on Thursday morning before the departure of the SPD politician for an appointment at the armaments group Rheinmetall in Unterlüß. Lies touched the cyclist when opening his car door, his spokesman said. “The cyclist fell on it and injured himself on the little finger of the left hand.”

The Prime Minister regrets the incident very much and had waited for the accident recording at the city center of Hanover and ensured that the cyclist’s supply is guaranteed, the spokesman said.

However, the police not only investigate Lieben against negligent bodily harm, but also because of unauthorized removal from the scene of the accident. This was surprising from the situation, since the head of government left no doubt that he was the person who caused the accident before leaving the place, said the spokesman. “We are very confident that this will be very quick and very clear in the next few days.”

A little later, a spokeswoman for the Hanover public prosecutor’s office confirmed this impression. There are no indications of “unauthorized removal from the scene of the accident,” she said. She could not say why the investigation initially went in this direction. From the public prosecutor’s point of view, everyone involved did not raise any doubts about the situation.

The injured man has been treated in the hospital. There he will stay over the weekend for wound care. Lies and the cyclist have exchanged cell phone numbers and had an appointment for a phone call.