After the fatal motorboat accident on Lake Garda in the summer, moving scenes took place in court in Italy.
One of the two Munich residents apologized to the bereaved.
Brescia - After the fatal motorboat accident on Lake Garda, an emotional encounter took place at the start of the process on Wednesday, November 10, 2021.
One of the two defendants from Munich had apologized to the parents of the fatally injured Greta Nedrotti in the courtroom.
Process start after fatal Lake Garda accident: Münchner apologizes
The German went to Greta Nedrotti's parents on Wednesday after a brief opening session in the Brescia courtroom and apologized.
"I'm so sorry," he said softly in Italian.
Many relatives and friends of the two Italians who were killed were outweighed by indignation that the German had not reported in the past five months.
Another defendant from Munich did not appear at the trial.
The man from Munich is accused of having raced across Lake Garda with his friend in a luxury motorboat on the night of June 19 and running over a small wooden boat.
In it sat Greta Nedrotti (25) and her boyfriend Umberto Garzarella (37).
The young couple was killed in the accident.
The two Germans are said to have driven on after the clash.
Both had stated that they had not noticed the accident.
Fatal Lake Garda accident: father of killed Umberto complains in court
"We have nothing more," said Greta's mother to the alleged driver of the motorboat. Accordingly, Greta was the couple's only daughter. The father of Umberto, who was killed in the accident, mainly accused the German of indifference because both Munich residents drove back to Germany shortly after the accident and the first police interviews. “You can make mistakes. But then just run away ... “, Enzo Garzarella is said to have scolded in court.
The wife of the Munich resident, who was in tears at the moment, said quietly that the lawyers had advised against contacting the victims' families. "We wanted to come on the first day, but we weren't allowed to," said the defendant. Only a few days ago it became known that the boat owner's insurance would pay millions.