On Monday morning, a driver in Mallorca injured six members of the German national track cycling team. Fortunately, there is no danger to life.
According to the Association of German Cyclists (BDR), the group was hit after just 2.7 kilometers on a training ride by the car, which, according to media reports, was driven by an 89-year-old man. The six athletes Benjamin Boos, Tobias Buck-Gramcko, Bruno Kessler, Moritz Augenstein, Louis Gentzik and Max-David Briese are there “hard to fall” came and were taken to the hospital in Palma de Mallorca.
No danger to life, but “numerous fractures”
National coach Lucas Schädlich accompanied the group in the car and was an eyewitness to the accident in which the man is said to have overlooked the cyclists and driven into them head-on. According to BDR “no one was critically injured” been, however, there would be “numerous fractures”.
As local media report, the driver was tested negative for alcohol and drugs by the police, who are still investigating. The driver told the officers that he did not see the group and was distracted.