An alleged drunk driver plowed into a group of young German tourists in northern Italy, killing six people and injuring 11 others.
Published Sunday, January 5, 2020 7:31AM ESTEmergency services secure an accident site after a car drove into a group of people crossing a road in Luttach, near Bruneck in the northern region South Tirol, Italy, on early Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020. ROME -- A drunken driver speeding on a mountain road plowed into a group of young German tourists in northern Italy early Sunday, killing six people and injuring 11 others, Italian authorities said.
"The new year begins with a terrible tragedy," said the regional president of Alto Adige, Arno Kompatscher. "We are left stunned." "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.
Most of the victims hailed from western Germany, though two of the injured were Italian, officials said.
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