After the tragic shipping accident in Hungary, the police and civil protection search teams have now found the last missing persons. After the body of a 30-year-old man was found on Sunday, the relatives of an 18-year-old girl also have the sad certainty: none of the missing persons survived the crash with a hotel ship.
The Chief Inspectorate of the Budapest Police addressed the public with an extremely emotional post (see below): “We found Daniella (…) Danube returned her body this morning in the Veröce area. We brought her home. Our sincere condolences to the family! Rest in peace, beautiful Daniella!”
The eight occupants of the motorboat, aged between 18 and 40, had come from a festival in the Danube Bend and were on their way to another party when the accident occurred near Veröce, north of Budapest, according to media reports. Two dead bodies were recovered immediately after the collision with the MS Heidelberg. One passenger, an Italian citizen, was seriously injured and was able to escape to the bank. Police hope to receive information about the accident as soon as the man is ready for questioning.
Motorboat drove in serpentine lines
The Czech captain of the hotel ship, which sails under the Swiss flag, has now been arrested. He is being investigated on suspicion of failure to provide assistance, resulting in death.
During the course of the previous investigations, it was also discovered that the driver of the motorboat had been driving under the influence. The boat “used the entire width of the river and made several changes of direction for no reason,” the magistrate said in a statement. Apparently the driver wanted to avoid a collision, but was no longer able to avoid the cruise ship.
Source: Krone
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