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Car slams into crowd at a carnival procession in Germany
Police and rescue workers stand next to the scene of the accident with a car that is said to have crashed into a carnival parade in Volkmarsen, central Germany

A CAR slammed into a crowd at a Carnival procession in a German town today, injuring several people, police said.

Police told the dpa news agency that no deaths had been reported in the crash in Volkmarsen, about 175 miles south-west of Berlin.

The driver has been arrested but police refused to release any further details.

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