A fatal accident occurred on the coast of Tuscany on Wednesday, two high school graduates from Duisburg lost their lives. Witnesses describe the course of events.
Lido di Camaiore – They actually came to enjoy the mild late summer on the Tuscan coast. Now two young women from Germany are dead. A 44-year-old driver lost control of her car on Wednesday evening in Lido di Camaiore for reasons that are still unclear. MercedesShe shot through the red light and hit several people and vehicles. Eyewitnesses at the scene of the terrible accident described war-like conditions.
Two Germans die in traffic accident on Tuscan coast
The Brazilian driver first hit the two German students and then other passers-by“It came like a bullet,” an eyewitness described the accident in an interview with the television station 50Canale. The daily newspaper The Tyrrhenian Sea Those present described the driver as “certainly driving at more than 100 km/h, perhaps even 150”. The car only came to a stop after it had crashed into several parked cars.
Employees of a nearby hotel reported to the daily newspaper that they heard a loud bang during the fatal journey. A traffic light pole was thrown through the air like a projectile and damaged the windows of the hotel building.
How The National writes that residents and those present initially assumed the worst: “An attack. It sounded like an attack,” the newspaper quoted eyewitnesses as saying. Another passerby, however, spoke of a frightening scenario “like in a war.”
“It wasn’t me” – driver seemed absent, according to witnesses
An assistant cook is said to have approached the car involved in the accident and asked the driver about her condition. The driver was reportedly in a state of shock, but was rescued from the car without serious injuries. When asked by passers-by what had happened, she is said to have National replied: “You are wrong, it wasn’t me, it’s not my fault.”
The woman is said to have told the driver of a damaged car and the owner of a nearby laundry to go away. According to witnesses, she seemed absent: “She had big, empty eyes, as if she didn’t understand what had happened,” says a report by the National.
Police want to evaluate cameras – negative alcohol and drug test not confirmed
At the time of the accident, the driver was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol, Italian media report. The relevant tests were negative, reports the Corriere Fiorentino. However, the road police did not want to confirm this when asked by the dpa this morning. In addition to questioning other witnesses, surveillance cameras in the area will also be evaluated in order to reconstruct the course of events, writes the Tuscan local edition of the The Sera Corriere.
Only in the spring of 2024, two German tourists were killed in an accident at a toll station in Tuscany.
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