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A dead woman and four injured: an SUV that ran over a group of pedestrians in the Plaza de Monforte d’Alba. The incident took place this afternoon (September 25).
The victim is a 67-year-old woman living in Turin. The 76-year-old husband was among those injured. The car also hit a 60-year-old Belgian tourist on vacation in Castagnole Lanze, and two Germans, a 62-year-old husband and wife. The two couples and the man meet in front of a bar in the village of Langa, the bar “Da Tino”, in Piazza Umberto I, when they are overwhelmed by the SUV that arrives at high speed. The car also destroyed part of the outside area of the restaurant.
When the alarm went off, Alba and Dogliani fire crews, 118 ambulances, rescue helicopters and the carabinieri intervened and seized the driver of the car and took him to the barracks. The man, a 42-year-old Italian living in Savigliano, who ran the risk of being lynched by the crowd, will be tested to see if he has ingested alcohol or drugs. The German spouses were taken to the Cuneo hospital. While the husband of the victim and the Belgian tourist in Verduno. The Asti prosecutor is investigating the matter.
“I was sitting outside the bar when I saw that the car was speeding up as if it had gone crazy,” says a witness, “it passed me a short distance away. I poured the cup of coffee he had on me. A surreal scene ». Another witness: ‘The high-speed SUV also went through a wall. I heard a pop, then saw vases flying. The car had a bicycle stuck in the front.
