Tragic Accident at Berlin’s Estrel Hotel: High School Graduate Fatally Injured

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After a fatal fall: moving words from the Luxembourg high school

Updated: 07/03/2023, 10:35 am | Reading time: 5 minutes

What is the Estrel Berlin?

What is the Estrel Berlin?

A 17-year-old high school graduate from the Rosa-Luxemburg-Gymnasium was fatally injured in an accident at the Hotel Estrel in Neukölln.

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A 17-year-old high school graduate from the Rosa-Luxemburg-Gymnasium was fatally injured in an accident at the Hotel Estrel in Neukölln.

At a graduation ceremony in the Estrel Hotel in Berlin-Neukölln, a 17-year-old died in an accident. The high school graduate climbed onto a roof and fell about eight meters through a dome. A 16-year-old also fell about eight meters deep, but suffered only minor injuries Politicians are dismayed by the accident

Berlin. In the graduation party of the Rosa-Luxemburg-Gymnasium, a fatal accident occurred on Monday night. According to the Berlin police, a 17-year-old fell through a dome light. She succumbed to her injuries in hospital.

It was also said that two high school graduates climbed onto the roof at around 1.25 a.m. during the celebration on Monday night an outbuilding of the Hotels Estrel at Sonnenallee. It came to the fall through the plastic dome.

Task forces of the Berlin police and the fire brigade on the night of Sunday after the accident at the graduation party.
Photo: Morris Pudwell

The Rosa-Luxemburg-Gymnasium wrote on Monday on his Website: “Endless sadness. No answer. Pain that goes deep and will not go away. The Rosa-Luxemburg-Gymnasium mourns the loss of a graduate. Days of joy ended abruptly. Our thoughts are with the family of the young woman and with all the graduates graduates.”

You can currently read these lines when you visit the homepage of the Rosa-Luxemburg-Gymnasium.
Photo: Rosa-Luxemburg-Gymnasium

Estrel spokesman gives details of how the accident happened

An Estrel spokesman reported that the two high school graduates had climbed onto the roof of a building adjacent to the event halls. “There they sat on a plastic canopy. The Luke collapsed under the weight of the two,” says Jürgen-M. nobleman.

“We are very upset about the incident. A Abi-Ball is for joy and is a special festival at the end of school. The fact that such an event is overshadowed by this tragic incident makes the staff and management of the Estrel Berlin very sad. Our thoughts are with the relatives, classmates and teachers,” said Ute Jacobs, Managing Director of the hotel.

Graduation party at the Hotel Estrel in Berlin-Neukölln: the fall of a 16-year-old was slowed down

According to the first findings, the high school graduates are on the flat roof Leiter come, said a police spokeswoman in the morning. They then fell through the dome simultaneously. The second youth, aged 16, probably fell on some containers in an adjoining room of the party hall, which slowed his fall. It may have been garbage cans, police said. He was slightly injured.

According to unconfirmed information, the 17-year-old was initially killed by the 16-year-old reanimated. Security staff are said to have tried to revive the girl.

A sign indicates the graduation ceremony of the Rosa-Luxemburg-Gymnasium.
Photo: Morris Pudwell

The fire brigade looked after five people who were under Schock stood. Pastors were also on site. About 500 people are said to have been present at the high school graduation ceremony in Pankow. The police are investigating, as usual, in such cases because of an unnatural death. Out of consideration for the dead girl’s family, there should be no further information about the people involved or specific details of the process.

Hotel Estrel is often used for graduation parties in Berlin

The Estrel Hotel in Berlin-Neukoelln.
Photo: IMAGO/Schöning

The Estrel is Germany’s largest hotel. In the complex on the Neuköllner Sonnenallee Congresses, conferences and events take place at the corner of Ziegrastraße. The hotel is also known for its concerts and shows, where doubles of well-known world stars perform. The Estrel Tower is currently being built at the hotel. At a height of 176 meters, it will be Berlin’s tallest skyscraper.

The various function rooms and ballrooms are also used by high-school diploma-Classes often used for their graduation parties. On Sunday evening, several celebrations took place in parallel in the Estrel complex.

The Estrel Hotel consists of several parts of the building, ballrooms and event locations.
Photo: Dominik Bardow

On Monday morning, only a display with an emblem of the Rosa-Luxemburg-Gymnasium and the note “Abi RLG 2023” and arrows pointing to the location of the party. Everything around the Hotel Estrel seemed quiet in the morning, delivery vans were making deliveries to the hotel complex, work was going on in the surrounding industrial area, guests and employees were smoking in front of the entrances. Nothing seemed specially cordoned off, there were no outward signs of mourning or clean-up activity. The function rooms and the roof where the accident occurred could not be seen up close.

Fatal misfortune at graduation: politicians are dismayed

Berlin’s Education Senator Katharina Günther-Wünsch (CDU) was very concerned. “I am deeply saddened by this accident. My condolences go to Family, their families and the school community. The exact circumstances must now be clarified,” said the senator on Monday morning of the German Press Agency.

Also Neukölln’s district mayor Martin Hikel (SPD) was concerned. “I am devastated by the accident. My thoughts are with the relatives of the deceased and with all high school graduates of the Rosa-Luxemburg-Gymnasium,” said Hikel on Monday.

2023-07-03 09:29:49
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