A man has allegedly driven a car into a crowd waiting at a bus stop. The 32-year-old from Azerbaijan was arrested in Giessen, Germany after a car was driven into two other vehicles before continuing into a crowd of people. The incident, which police said they are treating as an accident, left three people injured, one of them seriously.

A major police operation is now underway and the area near St John’s Church has been cordoned off. Officers remain unclear on how and why the accused drove into the crowd. Police said: “Around 4.30pm, the driver of an Audi crashed into a bus stop, injuring three people, one of whom sustained serious injuries.

“Police currently believe the 32-year-old driver had been traveling along Westanlage towards Südanlage.

“At the traffic light at the intersection with Frankfurter Straße, he collided with two cars traveling in the same direction, continued along Südanlage towards Goethestraße, and then crashed into the pedestrians at a bus stop.

“The 32-year-old driver, from Azerbaijan and a resident of Gießen, continued driving along Goethestraße to Johannesstraße, where he stopped and was subsequently arrested by police.

“The exact circumstances of the incident are currently unknown and are the subject of an ongoing investigation.”