Killed by a statue: Lavinia (7) dies in a Munich hotel – was it “criminal behavior”?

Created: 08/30/2022, 09:15 am

By: Klaus-Maria Mehr

A barrier tape is rolled out in front of a police car.

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A fatal accident has occurred in a hotel in Munich.

A seven-year-old girl was hit by a heavy stone statue.

Update August 29, 3:03 p.m .:

In the hotel in the Isarvorstadt where the accident occurred on Friday, it seems to be quiet on Monday.

Part of the courtyard where the 200-kilogram statue fell on the girl can be seen through an open door.

Police tape is now fluttering there.

An employee says the hotel will continue to operate.

She was not allowed to give any information about the accident, the hotel management could not be spoken to.

Tragic accident in Munich: Hotel operations continue

The reason why the sculpture fell on seven-year-old Lavinia, who was vacationing in Munich with her parents, is still not clear on Monday afternoon.

The police investigations continue.

The police could not say on Monday whether the girl's parents were still in Munich.

Nor whether an interrogation had already taken place.

The two well-known lawyers from Naples were looked after by the crisis intervention team at the Schwabing Clinic. 

Update August 29, 12:37 p.m .:

 After the death of a seven-year-old girl in a Munich hotel (see original report), the public prosecutor’s office initiated a death investigation.

This is "a special preliminary investigation," said a spokeswoman for the Munich public prosecutor's office on Monday on request.

The procedure is intended to clarify “whether there are indications of criminal behavior in connection with the death of a specific person”.

It was initially unclear why the figure, which weighed around 200 kilograms, fell over.

The police announced on Monday that the investigation into the accident is still ongoing.

According to the information, several people had become aware of the situation through a scream and would have freed the critically injured girl.

Girl killed by statue in hotel: she dies in hospital

Original message:

Munich – Seven-year-old Lavinia drew attention to herself with a desperate cry after being buried under a 200-kilogram stone statue.

The accident happened on Friday evening (August 26) at around 7.30 p.m. in the courtyard of a hotel in the Isarvorstadt in Munich.

Two hours later, the girl was dead. Immediately after the scream, bystanders rushed to help, lifted the statue and freed the child.

This is reported by the Munich police on Sunday, which is currently assuming a tragic accident.

An emergency call was then made.

An ambulance took the seriously injured girl, accompanied by an ambulance, to a Munich hospital.

The girl was continuously resuscitated.

However, he later succumbed to his injuries in hospital.

According to the police, the seven-year-old suffered a contused lung, a liver and a ruptured spleen.

Bad luck in the Munich hotel: the family comes from the Naples area

, the child's parents are

Michele and Valentina P., who visited the Bavarian capital as tourists from the Naples area.

The father therefore had to watch the accident.

The Munich criminal police took over the investigations into the exact course of the accident on site.

It is not yet clear how and why the heavy statue fell on the seven-year-old girl.

"The parents were nearby.

It is not certain whether they were also in the field of vision," says a police spokesman.

A few hours after the accident, mother Valentina P. wrote on social media: “You are and will remain our angel.

Rest in peace, love of our lives.” Sympathy then hailed.

A friend of the family also spoke online.

He called Lavinia's father, Michele T., on Saturday, who said: "Our life is over".

According to the police, the parents are still in Munich.

You will be looked after by the crisis intervention team at the Schwabing Clinic.

The interrogation by the police is still pending.

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