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Three people, including a German couple, were killed in a terrible accident in Italy. Six other people were injured.
Rosignano Marittimo – Three people, including two Germans, lost their lives in a car accident in Tuscany (Italy) on Sunday (June 2). Six other people were injured. The serious accident occurred after 1 p.m. at a toll station, causing major damage. The exact circumstances of the accident are now being investigated.
Couple from Augsburg among the dead: Car overturns at Italian toll station
The two Germans are a married couple aged 61 and 68 from Augsburg. According to RaiNews.it a 21-year-old man died. The couple’s car drove at high speed into a toll booth on a motorway near the port city of Livorno on Sunday. It collided with two other cars that were waiting in line at the toll booth. The car overturned and hit the toll booth, which was torn from its anchorage.
The images of the accident are shocking. Cars lying upside down on the road and a demolished toll booth can be seen. Six people were injured in the accident. Among them were two women aged 29 and 63, two boys aged one and six, and their 35-year-old mother. RaiNews.it While the German police stated that the sixth injured person was the 44-year-old employee who was sitting in the toll booth, the dpa reported that he was uninjured.
After serious accident in Italy: Illness as possible cause
An initial reconstruction of the accident suggests that the 61-year-old German driver was ill. The further course of events is still being investigated. Accidents abroad in which Germans are also involved occur again and again. For example, the bus tragedy in Venice in which a total of 21 people died. (kal/dpa)
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