A POLICE officer has died after Hungarian President Viktor Orban’s escort collided with two police motorcycles and a car.
The accident occurred at around 11.15am at Albplatz in the Stuttgart district of Degerloch when the Hungarian leader was being escorted to the airport.
Another 27-year-old police officer suffered serious injuries and is being treated in hospital, reports Bild.
The shocking smash happened after a woman, 69, driving a BMW overlooked the fact that the intersection had already been closed off by the police for Orban’s convoy.
The woman then turned left into Löffelstrasse at the Rubensstrasse intersection and hit the motorcycle of a 61-year-old policeman who was accompanying Orban’s car.
Due to the force of the impact, the police BMW was thrown onto the service vehicle of a 27-year-old officer who had blocked the intersection for traffic with it.
Both police officers were seriously injured in the collision.
But despite the best efforts of paramedics, the 61-year-old cop died of his injuries in hospital shortly afterwards.
The second police officer was seriously injured and has been taken to a clinic for further treatment.
The public prosecutor’s office and the Stuttgart police announced the horror collision in a statement.
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.”
Yesterday evening Mr Orban watched as the Hungary defeated Scotland in dramatic fashion in their Euro 2024 match.
The president wanted to leave for Budapest at lunchtime.
The accident occurred around eight kilometres before arriving at the airport.
Ludwigsburg Police Headquarters has taken over the investigation in this case.
