Young people shoot cars with fireworks on A60 near Mainz!

Young people shoot cars with fireworks on A60 near Mainz!

On Friday evening, April 5, 2025, several young people on the A60 at the Lerchenberg Mainz Mainz provided a risky incident. They fire vehicles with fireworks, a dangerous intervention that endangered numerous road users. An attentive road user immediately alerted the Heidesheim police highway station, which immediately initiated a search. At the same time, people in Marienborn were observed in the nearby street "Im Borner Grund" who lit fireworks.

The link between the incidents on the highway and the activities in Marienborn is so far unclear. As part of the search, the officials in Bretzenheim were able to hold four young people aged 15 and 16. During the subsequent control, several illegal fireworks were found in their possession, which were then ensured. After completing the police measures, the young people were handed over to their parents.

Investigations and legal consequences

The police have initiated criminal proceedings against the four young people. This is done due to violations of the explosive law and due to the dangerous intervention in road traffic. Whether the adolescents are actually responsible for the fire station fire on the highway remains the subject of the ongoing investigation. Police officers also appeal to the public to report other possible witnesses and witnesses to the incident in order to comprehensively clarify the facts.

Such incidents also highlight the challenges of dealing with fireworks, especially in road traffic. In the past, dangerous situations have occurred again and again due to improper handling of pyrotechnics. This problem has initiated a broad discussion about a possibly ban on firecrackers in society. Various organizations, including the German environmental aid and the police union, require stronger measures against the abuse of fireworks, especially during New Year's Eve, in which it often leads to property and personal injury.

How the Tagesschau is subject to fireworks: fireworks of category F2 may only be sold to adults and only burned at certain times a year. The need for legal regulations to tighten these rules is repeatedly discussed, especially from the aspect of health protection and the associated fundamental rights. If such a ban is considered, however, the various interests must be weighed up, this affects both the fans of fireworks and the concerns of health, animal and environmental protection.

The incident on the A60 is an urgent reference to the risks connected to fireworks, and the need to deal responsibly with them. The police investigation will show whether these four young people can be held responsible for the dangerous use of fireworks on the highway.