Hungarian President involved in horror crash as cop killed & second seriously injured as he is escorted to airport
HUNGARIAN President Viktor Orban has been involved in a horror crash, killing a police officer and seriously injuring a second.
The crash took place at around 11.15am in the district of Degerloch in Stuttgart, Germany, when the Hungarian leader was being escorted to the airport.
Yesterday evening Mr Orban watched as the Hungary defeated Scotland in dramatic fashion in their Euro 2024 match.
The Stuttgart traffic police motorcycle squad were escorting the Hungarian president to Stuttgart Airport on Löffelstrasse.
However, a woman, 69, driving a BMW reportedly drove through an intersection that had been closed off by the police for Orban's convoy at Albplatz.
She is understood to have turned left at the Rubensstrasse intersection and hit the motorcycle of a 61-year-old male officer who was accompanying Orban's car.
Due to the force of the impact, the police vehicle was thrown onto the motorcycle of a 27-year-old colleague who had used his motor to block the intersection for traffic.
Both police officers were seriously injured in the collision and were rushed to hospital, reports
But despite the best efforts of paramedics, the 61-year-old cop died of his injuries shortly afterwards.
The public prosecutor’s office and the Stuttgart police announced the horror collision in a statement.
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Police Chief Markus Eisenbraun said: "We are deeply shocked by the accident of our colleagues.
"The tragic circumstances of the death of our valued colleague have left us speechless and have hit the entire Stuttgart police force to the core."
The president wanted to leave for Budapest at lunchtime but the fatal accident occurred around eight kilometres before arriving at the airport.
Ludwigsburg Police Headquarters have taken over the investigation and urged any witnesses to come forward.