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“We are investigating in all directions,” it said on Monday morning at the request of OÖN from the press office of the Salzburg state police after the death of a 19-year-old passer-by on Saturday night in Mattsee on the sidelines of a festival.
So far, the only accused was a 24-year-old from the Braunau district. He is said to have touched the young woman with the side mirror and brought her to the ground. As reported, the accident happened in the area of an access road on the edge of a festival. The 19-year-old succumbed to her injuries.
But the tire tracks alone raised the question of whether the young woman had really been fatally injured by the grazing collision or whether another vehicle was involved.
The Salzburg public prosecutor’s office announced the preliminary autopsy results on Monday afternoon. According to this, “due to the injury pattern, in particular due to the diagnosed injuries in the head, chest and leg area, it can be assumed that the woman was run over by a following car.” fatal injuries were caused is currently the subject of the investigation.”
Therefore, two suspects are now being investigated: the accused 24-year-old from Upper Austria and a previously unknown perpetrator. The suspicion is negligent homicide and abandonment of an injured person.
As reported, after the fatal accident, a young man from the Braunau district reported to the police on Saturday morning and admitted to having touched the passer-by with the side mirror. He heard a bang, but he was not aware that it was a human being. The extent of the accident only became clear to him through media reports. The alcohol test of this handlebar was negative on Saturday morning.
Source: Nachrichten
