Urdorf: 33-year-old seriously injured in a self-accident
dho. In the night of Saturday (April 9th) in Urdorf, the driver of a passenger car was seriously injured in a self-accident. As the cantonal police wrote in a statementthe 33-year-old man drove on Birmensdorferstrasse in the direction of Urdorf.
About 50 meters before the Birmensdorfer-/Schützenstrasse junction, the driver got off the road with his car for reasons that are still unclear, crossed the oncoming lane and a cycle path and then drove into a tree.
According to the canton police, the driver suffered undetermined serious injuries in the accident and had to be removed from the vehicle. After first aid by an ambulance team, he was taken to the hospital in an ambulance.
Two dead when arrested after kidnapping – large-scale police operation in Wallisellen
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On Wednesday evening, the police in Wallisellen carried out a large-scale operation to arrest the suspect in a kidnapping case from the previous week. Two people died in the operation. This emerges from a press release by the police in the canton of Zurich on Thursday night.
According to the police, the suspect, a 38-year-old German, pulled out a gun and shot his companion with it when he was arrested shortly before 8 p.m. In the subsequent exchange of fire with the police, the man was hit. Despite immediate rescue measures, both people died on the spot.
The suspect kidnapped another man in the canton of Zurich on March 31 and threatened him with a gun. However, that evening he let him go again. The investigations by the Zurich cantonal police led to the 38-year-old. They also revealed that he had firearms, which is why a special unit was called in to the police operation. The alleged kidnapper was not previously known to the criminal police in the canton of Zurich.
On Wednesday evening, “20 minutes” reported shots in Wallisellen. According to eyewitnesses, firearms were used on Seidenplatz near the Neugut area. In addition to police vehicles, ambulances were on site. Initially, it was said that one person was injured.
According to the police report, the further investigations are being conducted under the direction of the public prosecutor’s office I of the canton of Zurich and by the criminal police and the specialists for official offenses of the cantonal police of Zurich. The Dübendorf city police, the Zurich Forensic Institute, the Zurich Forensic Institute, Zurich Protection and Rescue, the Bülach rescue service and the Uster rescue service were also deployed.
Millions in damage in a farmhouse fire in Zwillikon
sho. Shortly after 10 p.m. on Tuesday evening (April 5), the Zurich protection and rescue operations center received a report that the attic of a farmhouse in Zwillikon (Affoltern am Albis) was on fire. The building is under renovation.
The fire brigade brought the flames under control quickly and no one was injured, according to the cantonal police. However, according to initial estimates, the damage to property amounts to more than one million Swiss francs. The cause of the fire is still being clarified.
Car comes off the road and rolls over – elderly driver injured
bye. On Monday (April 4) at 12 noon, an 87-year-old driver drove from Stadel to Weiach on Kaiserstuhlerstrasse. In a slight left turn, for reasons that are not yet known, he came across the sloping meadow edge on the right. The passenger car then crashed into a concrete base of the sewage system. The car overturned and came to rest on its roof. This was announced by the Zurich cantonal police on Monday.
Firefighters and police rescued the victim from the vehicle. After receiving first aid, the man was taken to a hospital with undetermined injuries.
Self-accident in Stadel: The car came to a standstill lying on its roof.
Because of this accident, the affected section of Kaiserstuhlerstrasse was closed for about three hours. The fire department set up a detour.
In addition to the Zurich canton police, fire brigades, an ambulance from the Bülach hospital, the responsible public prosecutor and, as a precaution, a helicopter from the Alpine Air Ambulance were deployed.
Bike police in Winterthur threatened with a knife
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The bike police of the Winterthur city police checked a driver and experienced a nasty surprise. The patrol became aware of the man because he filmed the police officers with his mobile phone from his vehicle. When they tried to stop the driver, he drove off.
The 36-year-old Swiss was stopped shortly afterwards. During the subsequent check, the driver behaved “very uncooperatively”, as the city police wrote in a statement. He threatened the police officer with a knife. The man was then overpowered and arrested, and the knife was secured.
When checking the papers, it turned out that the driver was driving without a driver’s license. This had been withdrawn from him at an earlier point in time. There is also a suspicion that he was driving the vehicle under the influence of drugs.
Winterthur: Two-year-old blocks mother
yay. A special call was received at the operations center of the Winterthur city police on Thursday afternoon (March 31). As reported by the police, a “completely desperate mother” was on the phone. Reason for the desperation: Her two-year-old son had managed to lock the apartment door from the inside and lock the mother out.
A patrol from the city police immediately went to the scene of the incident. She managed to get in touch with the child via the balcony of the apartment on the first floor. “Several attempts to verbally instruct the boy to open the apartment door were unsuccessful,” writes the police.
Only the called locksmith was finally able to open the apartment door. Mother and child could have been “well reunited”.
Wädenswil: Motor vehicle driver injured in accident
bye. On Monday (March 28) at 2:30 p.m., a 55-year-old woman drove her three-wheel motor vehicle on the A3 towards Chur. She left the autobahn at the Wädenswil exit and intended to continue towards Wädenswil.
When turning into Zugerstrasse, she crossed the entire lane for reasons that are not yet known and crashed into the curb and crash barrier on the opposite side. The driver was thrown behind the crash barrier. This is what the cantonal police in Zurich writes in a statement.
The scene of the accident on Monday in Wädenswil.
The woman sustained serious injuries in the accident. After first aid on site, she was taken to a hospital in an ambulance. The Wädenswil motorway exit and the affected part of Zugerstrasse had to be closed for around an hour because of the accident.
In addition to the canton police, the Wädenswil fire brigade and the See-Spital Horgen ambulance were also deployed.
The police are asking witnesses to contact the cantonal police, Verkehrszug Neubüel, on 043 833 17 00.