A car drove into a tour group in South Tyrol and fatally injured six people. One assumes that the victims come from Germany, a police spokesman from Bolzano told the German press agency on Sunday. The car drove into the group near Bruneck around 1 a.m. The police assume an accident. Several people were injured, some seriously. They came to hospitals in the region.
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These are young people
According to Italian media reports, the victims are young people. The group had been standing at a coach in Lutago after an evening in a restaurant when the car had crashed into the group, the Ansa news agency reported.
The driver had survived, the police are now investigating the course of the accident, the Carabinieri State Command said. The local driver was probably drunk, according to media reports. According to initial information, the 28-year-old had a very high alcohol content in the blood, the Italian news agency Ansa reported on Sunday morning. The man from Kiens was in the hospital for further examinations.
Victims still have to be identified
According to the information, the victims still have to be identified. Where in Germany they came from was still unclear. In the group of Germans, not everyone knew each other and not all had documents with them, the police said. Upon request, the Federal Foreign Office did not initially comment on the incident.
The broadcaster Rai Südtirol reported that the vehicle had raced into a group of 17 people in Luttach in the Ahrntal. Six of them died at the scene of the accident. According to the report, 160 emergency services were deployed. In the morning there should be a press conference in the place.
The area is located in Italy on the Austrian border and is known as a skiing and winter sports area. Just last weekend, three Germans were killed in an avalanche accident in South Tyrol.
(SCL / SDA)
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