At 5, he goes to kindergarten alone, he will never arrive safely

It is a terrible tragedy that is mourning Switzerland. It was around 8:15 a.m., Wednesday, December 21, when a passerby found an inanimate child in the 5th district of Zurich. When the emergency services arrived at the scene of the accident, near Place Escher-Wyss, next to the VBZ tram depot, they found the death of the young victim.

After the accident, the police erected a tent on the roadway, between a pedestrian crossing and the tram tracks. The authorities announced that specialists had been dispatched to the scene in an attempt to pick up traceswhile the forensic institute was responsible for determine under what circumstances the child was dead.

A hit and run is not excluded by the investigators

If at first no information was given on the identity of the victim, the authorities then added that it was a five year old childwho was going alone in kindergarten. In a press release, the Zurich Municipal Police announced that “the cause and course of the accident are unclear, as are the other people involved“. For the moment, the investigation is focused on a truck and two carsand the hit-and-run was not ruled out.

After the tragedy, the municipal police told the ATS that no tram was involved in the accident. For their part, the local residents and in particular the parents of pupils denounced heavy traffic observed daily around Escher-Wyss Square. “It is time for the municipality to take care of the security of this school route“lamented a green liberal representative. The investigation continues to shed light on the accident.