Italian mother and two children die hit by SUV in Germany

(ANSA) – BERLIN, OCTOBER 24 – A 39-year-old woman of Italian origin and her two German-Italian children aged 3 and 6 were killed in Germany in Esslingen, Baden Wuerttemberg, in a road accident last Tuesday , when they were hit by an SUV. Stuttgart consul general Laura Lamia confirmed this to ANSA. The victims are Antonella Ribisi, from Palma di Montechiaro, in the province of Agrigento, and her two children Gabriel and Alessio. “The consulate is close to Antonella Ribisi’s family in this painful moment”, commented the Italian diplomat. Bild also wrote about the news today, but did not mention the origin of the destroyed family. According to the Reutlingen police, who do not disclose personal data or the investigation, the woman and two children were hit on the street while they were going to train at a football club. According to the reconstruction of the dynamics, the car skidded, ending up on the pavement and broke through a fence, crashing into an electrical substation. According to Axel Springer’s taboid, the driver of the car, a 54-year-old, would have been taken to hospital, to be subjected, among other things, to tests which will have to detect whether he was under the influence of alcohol or other substances. The investigations are open and no leads are excluded, not even that of a sudden illness. Bild adds that a health problem could also be the cause of the accident. The German press has given wide coverage to the tragedy that struck Antonella’s husband and her grandmother Maria, who mourns her daughter and grandchildren who were taken from their lives while they went to play football like every Tuesday. The entire community of friends and neighbors is overwhelmed by grief. “We are all deeply affected and shaken, it is really difficult to maintain professional distance in this matter”, police spokeswoman Andrea Popp commented on local TV. (HANDLE).