Stones thrown by bridges: Police are looking for witnesses in Oldenburg and Lingen!

Stones thrown by bridges: Police are looking for witnesses in Oldenburg and Lingen!

In the early evening hours of July 19, 2025, unknown perpetrators in Oldenburg and Lingen provided worrying moments in road traffic. In both places, objects were thrown by bridges on the streets below. According to reports from the ndr this happened in Oldenburg at around 9 p.m. Schmeel fell. Fortunately, at least one stone hit the roof of a car, the occupants remained unharmed. The police have found further stones under the framework of the bridge and are now looking for the perpetrators, but so far without success.

already, around 7:40 p.m., similar events were reported in Lingen. An object was thrown by a bridge to the federal road 70, also known as Rheiner Strasse. A multivan was damaged on the windshield, but luckily it was without injuries. The Emsland police are also looking for witnesses of these dangerous actions.

Investigations in the course

Both incidents are legally to be assessed under the § 315b StGB that regulates dangerous interventions in road traffic. This provision requires that the acts of the crime create a concrete danger to life, life or strange things of significant value. Such acts that intervene in traffic from outside can be classified as punishable, especially if they are carried out deliberately.

The Oldenburg police, however, excluded a connection between the two events and determines in all directions. And exactly here it gets exciting: what can the legislator do to prevent such dangerous interventions? From a legal point of view, the punishments for such acts of fines up to five years can range from prison sentence, especially if there are severe consequences, such as health damage.

The lawyer Erhard explains that the fact is clearly intentional acts for the fact that a specific risk is Traffic safety consisting of such actions. Based on the current investigations, the police now have to check the intention and dangerous character of these interventions in order to make the perpetrators down.

In view of the sad story that in the past, 12 to 16 year olds have already noticed in such cases, many frown. What makes young people commit such dangerous acts? And above all: how can you stop them from it? Es ist ein Thema, das mehr Fragen aufwirft als Antworten bietet – und ganz Deutschland beobachtet diese Entwicklungen gespannt.