BERLIN—Police in Germany said they had detained a man after a driver rammed a car into a crowd, leaving at least one dead and several wounded in the latest such incident in recent months. Authorities urged residents to avoid the center of Mannheim,

The police in Mannheim, in the country’s southwest, said that the driver, a 40-year-old German citizen, had been arrested and that they did not believe he had a political motive.

At least one person is dead, and several are injured after a suspect drove a car into pedestrians at Mannheim, Germany. Police say that around midday local time on Monday, a black SUV driving at high speeds rammed into a group of people. A suspect has been arrested, according to a police spokesman, Stefan Wilhem.