Police said they could not confirm whether it was a deliberate attack or an accident. They said the truck had a runup of about 80 metres before the crash.They said the vehicle had a Polish registration and belonged to a Polish delivery company. According to the firm, the truck left Poland on Monday afternoon, heading to Berlin. The company said it lost touch with the driver at 4pm local time.
German police said one person was found dead in the lorry, having died of injuries sustained in the crash, while a suspect was arrested about 100 metres away in the Tiergarten. Police said they could not confirm whether that person was the driver.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/19/berlin-truck-crashes-into-christmas-market
Co-driver Polish national, suspected driver's nationality unclear.
The fate of the driver of the truck was not immediately clear, with Bild newspaper said he was on the run.
Meanwhile German police have arrested a "suspicious person" believed to be the driver.
The lorry belongs to a Polish firm based in the northern town of Gryfino, just a stone's throw from the German border.
The company owner said the vehicle involved in the incident was new and only had about 30,000 kilometres on the clock.
German police said that the dead passenger in the truck's passenger seat was Polish, the nationality of the suspected driver is still unclear.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/19/lorry-ploughs-crowd-christmas-market-berlin/
German police have detained the suspected driver. A police spokesperson confirmed the arrest and said the truck’s co-driver died during the crash.
http://www.euronews.com/2016/12/19/...wd-at-a-christmas-market-in-berlin-one-person
the driver of the truck was at large immediately following the suspected attack but German police have reported that one suspect has been arrested and that he is suspected of having been the driver of the truck. No information about the suspect has yet been released. Police have confirmed that a passenger in the truck was killed.
http://www.spiegel.de/international...in-christmas-market-kills-nine-a-1126642.html