According to local police, a report by the online newspaper Cuxhavener Nachrichten, the incident occurred in the early morning in front of a nightclub. The perpetrator was detained by eyewitnesses, Sputnik reported.
Police and rescue workers soon arrived at the site. According to local police, a total of six people were injured, four of them seriously. All were brought to nearby hospitals.
The driver is a 29-year-old man found to be under alcohol influence. Police are investigating whether he drove his car into the pedestrians deliberately. The police have not declared the incident as terrorism-related and called against spreading rumors.
Germany, as well as other European states, has been on alert following several deadly terrorist attacks involving vehicles, namely in Nice, Berlin and Barcelona.