Police in Berlin are searching for a man suspected of ramming his car into the entryway of a nightclub, Sisyphos, after being denied entry, according to local reports.
Berliner Zeitung, one of the city’s oldest newspapers, on Monday reported that the incident took place shortly before 6am on September 7th, when a pair of security guards refused the man’s entrance to Sisyphos.
“The two security guards, aged 26 and 41, turned him away, which he initially politely acknowledged and then left,” per Berliner Zeitung. “Shortly afterwards, however, he returned in a rental car, completely upset, and deliberately drove into the club’s entrance gate twice.”
The suspect drove his rented Audi into the wall of Sisyphos before reversing and colliding with the club’s famed gate, which features a design of kissing ducks. He reportedly fled the scene and no one was injured, including the bouncers, who narrowly managed to evade his vehicle by jumping back to the sidewalk.
Additional details surrounding the alleged crash are scarce, but an investigation is underway as local authorities seek testimony from witnesses. The extent of the damage to Sisyphos’ exterior is unclear at the time of this writing and the club’s proprietors have not yet publicly commented.
