Earlier in the day, guards at the checkpoint had fatally wounded a refugee who had tried to drive his automobile through a narrow opening in the Heinrich Heine Strasse border crossing; the man ran  into West Berlin before collapsing and dying at a hospital, while his female companion was pulled from the car and arrested.
Earlier in the day, guards at the checkpoint had fatally injured a refugee who attempted to drive his automobile through a narrow opening in the Heinrich Heine Strasse border crossing; the man ran into West Berlin before collapsing and dying at a hospital, while his female companion was pulled from the car and arrested.