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Woman killed after falling out of moving car while trying to climb into back to look after child

Mother died attempting to get between front seats of vehicle to months-old baby, police say

Chiara Giordano
Thursday 26 September 2019 08:02 EDT
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Stock image of traffic on A96 motorway in Munich, Germany.
Stock image of traffic on A96 motorway in Munich, Germany. (Johannes Simon/Getty Images)

A mother has died after falling out of a moving car on a motorway while trying to climb into the back to look after her baby, German police say.

The 28-year-old passenger fell out of an open door as she attempted to get between the front two seats into the back to look after her months-old child, officers told the dpa news agency.

Her husband was driving and immediately pulled over on the A96 Autobahn west of Munich, in Bavaria.

It is not clear whether the door was not closed properly or somehow opened as the woman attempted to get into the back.

Associated Press contributed to this report.

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