In In Hausen im Wiesental, on Thursday, 29 October 2026, a 62-year-old woman and her one-year-old grandchild were killed in a road accident. According to Freiburg Police Headquarters, both were hit at around 11am on Friedhofweg by a reversing lorry The child was in a pushchair, which the 62-year-old woman was pushing. Both victims died of their injuries at the scene.
According to the investigation so far, the lorry was reversing towards a property while manoeuvring. It then collided with the 62-year-old woman and the pushchair. It is not yet known whether the driver had a banksman, whether audible warning signals or driver-assistance systems were active, or what the visibility was like. The Freiburg Police Headquarters said the exact circumstances of the accident were being reconstructed.
Police have opened an investigation, are interviewing witnesses and carrying out technical checks on the vehicle, and are examining evidence at the scene. No information has so far been released about the driver’s identity or age, or about possible medical or technical causes. Police have not said that the driver has been arrested. No information was initially provided on the status of the prosecutor’s assessment.
Friedhofweg is in a residential area of Hausen im Wiesental, in the district of Lörrach. Media reports and police describe the scene as the access road to a property where the lorry was manoeuvring. Any traffic-law consequences or changes to local safety measures will be decided after the investigations are complete.
Regional newsrooms, including Südwestrundfunk, as well as national media reported the initial information from Freiburg Police Headquarters and confirmed the main details about the location, time and victims. The authorities explicitly said they had not yet made any further statements, for example on responsibility or the specific technical cause.
The investigation is ongoing. Police are asking anyone who saw the lorry before or during the reversing manoeuvre to come forward, particularly if they can provide information about what happened on Friedhofweg shortly before 11am.
Editor: Mira Cadena (Article created with AI assistance).