Italian village stunned after 'drunk driver' ploughs into tourists

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The driver's blood alcohol level was reportedly nearly four times the legal limit when he slammed into the German tourists, killing at least six people.

A driver on a mountain road ploughed into a group of German tourists in northern Italy on Sunday, killing six people and injuring 11 others, Italian authorities said.

The voluntary fire brigade secure an accident site after a car drove into a group of people in Lutago, Italy on Sunday morning.The deadly crash occurred near Lutago, north-east of Bolzano in the Alto Adige region, shortly after 1am as the Germans gathered near their tour bus. They were between the ages of 20 and 25.

"The new year begins with a terrible tragedy," said the regional president of Alto Adige, Arno Kompatscher. "We are left stunned."Credit:"They were torn from their lives by the actions of someone speeding under the influence of alcohol," said Armin Laschet, the governor of North Rhine-Westphalia, the German state that is home to most of the victims.The Lutago volunteer fire service said on Facebook that six people were killed at the scene.

Most of the victims hailed from western Germany, though two of the injured were Italian, officials said.

 

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