German players involved in car crash
ST LEONHARD IN PASSEIER, Italy (AP) — Germany’s World Cup preparations were disrupted when two members of the provisional squad were involved in a car accident yesterday.
Defender Benedikt Hoewedes and his Schalke teammate Julian Draxler were passengers in two vehicles driven by racing driver Pascal Wehrlein and Formula One driver Nico Rosberg when the accident took place.
The dpa news agency reported that two people were taken to hospital — one with serious injuries — after being struck by a car driven by Wehrlein.
Wehrlein and Rosberg were doing laps of a short circuit in the mountains near the German team’s hotel in South Tyrol, northern Italy, when the accident occurred. Neither of the players nor the drivers
were injured.
Local media reports said that a circuit marshal was one of the casualties.
