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No injuries died after smuggler accident on A94
Seven people died and several were seriously injured in an accident involving a suspected smuggling vehicle on Autobahn 94. photo
© Sven Hoppe/dpa
Seven people died in the serious accident on Autobahn 94. The other occupants of the car in the hospital, some of whom were seriously injured, are still alive.
It also remained unclear whether the driver of the car, who was also treated in hospital, had already been brought before the magistrate after the accident that left seven dead. It is expected that he will order pre-trial detention.
The suspected smuggler fled from the federal police on Friday morning in a van full of 23 people at speeds of 180 kilometers per hour. The car, designed for a maximum of nine people, had an accident at the Ampfing/Waldkraiburg motorway exit. All occupants were injured, seven of them – including a six-year-old child – died.
The Traunstein public prosecutor’s office is now investigating the 24-year-old, stateless man residing in Austria on suspicion of murder with the intent to cover up in seven cases and smuggling resulting in death. He was arrested at the hospital. The passengers came from Syria and Turkey.