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A 'jealous' man kidnapped his ex-girlfriend's four children then ploughed into a group of people, leaving two men seriously injured.

One man suffered a serious head injury after the car careered onto the pavement outside a driving school in Munich last night.

The unemployed man, 29, had gone looking for his 26-year-old former partner in the Claudius-Keller-Strasse area last night.

A furious argument erupted between the two and the woman fled to a neighbour's house.

The man then snatched her car keys and forced her terrified children, aged 14 months to five years old, into the car, as he went to hunt the woman down.

He rampaged through the streets of Ramersdorf before he slammed into a group of people as he sped through a red light.

The man had spotted police as he waited at a traffic light at the Karl-Preis-Platz and thought his ex-girlfriend had called the police.

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In a hurry to get away he sped away, but lost control of the vehicle as he went around the corner - causing him to fly off the road and onto the pavement.

The man then left the car embedded in a tree and fled on foot - leaving the children in the car.

Police are still hunting for the suspect, who is believed to be known to officers due to his drug addiction, according to tz.de.

Officers said they believe the man was motivated by jealousy and is not the children's father.

A 25-year-old and 30-year-old man were seriously injured in the crash.

The four children were believed to be unharmed in the incident.

The wife of the 30-year-old victim lived just a few metres from where he was knocked down.

The father-of-one had been on his way home from work when he heard a loud sound like a broken exhaust.

He and several other pedestrians turned around, but he was hit before he could get out the way.

The man's distraught wife told sueddeutsche.de: "It was really bad.

"But it could have got much worse. Fortunately, he is not paralyzed or seriously injured."