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Six German Tourists killed, 11 Others Injured By A Drunk Driver - Italian Authority

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A speeding car driven by a suspected drunk driver rammed into pedestrians in a village in the Italian Alps, killing six German tourists and injuring 11 other people.

 

The incident happened on 4th January, 20202, at 1:15 am (0015 GMT) in the village of Lutago near the Austrian border in South Tyrol province, which is popular with skiers.

The German tourists have left their bus after spending the evening at a nightclub when the car slammed into them at high-speed. Some of those hits were propelled by the impact to dozens of metres away.

Italian authorities confirmed that six Germans were killed.

Also, Eleven other people were injured, including two who appeared to be from the South Tyrol region.

Two others who were in a very serious condition were flown by helicopter to a hospital in Innsbruck in Austria.

The nine others were taken to regional hospitals.

According to Rainews24, the driver was a 28-year-old man who lived locally and who “may have had a high level of alcohol in his blood”

He was arrested and put in hospital under police guard.

Some 160 emergency workers were at the scene, and a field hospital was set up by the roadside to provide first aid.

In its reaction to the sad incident, the German foreign ministry in Berlin disclosed that, its consulate in Milan was in close touch with the Italian authorities who are proceeding with the identification of the victims and assisting those who have been affected.

Lutago, the incident site has about 800 residents and is the location for a popular Italian television series “A un Passo del Ciel” (“One step from heaven”).

It can be recalled that, last week, three Germans – a woman and two girls, one of them aged seven – were killed in an avalanche in South Tyrol of Italy.

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