In the Mediterranean community of Lido di Camaiore, a car crashed into a group of pedestrians. According to dpa information, two schoolgirls from North Rhine-Westphalia were killed.
Lucca – Two young German women have died in a traffic accident in Tuscany. The two teenagers – born in 2005 and 2006 – were hit by a car in the municipality of Lido di Camaiore on the Mediterranean Sea that drove into a group of pedestrians for reasons that were initially unclear, the municipality announced. According to initial information from the Italian police, the driver, a 44-year-old woman, lost control of her vehicle. According to dpa information, the victims were schoolgirls from North Rhine-Westphalia who were on a school trip.
According to a report by the Italian news agency Ansa, a total of seven people were injured, including the driver. All were taken to hospital. According to Mayor Marcello Pierucci, one of the victims is in critical condition. The Italian police did not provide any further information on the identity of the victims.
The accident occurred on Wednesday evening around 7 p.m. The driver is said to have run two red lights and was arrested, according to Pierucci. She was also checked to see whether she was under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
“Something like this has never happened before”
According to the mayor, the car raced through an intersection in the city center at high speed and then ran over the two Germans. The car then knocked over other pedestrians. Finally, it crashed into several parked vehicles near a hotel.
“Something like this has never happened before,” Pierucci told TV channel 50Canale. “The car drove over everything that came in its way, even after the second impact.”
The municipality of Lido di Camaiore is located directly on the sea, about half an hour’s drive west of the much-visited city of Lucca. The beach promenade is closed to car traffic. The accident occurred a few hundred meters away in the center of the town. In the immediate vicinity of Lido di Camaiore are the two well-known seaside resorts of Forte dei Marmi and Viareggio. dpa
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