Six German track team members injured in Mallorca car accident

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The car which rammed into six cyclists of the German national track cycling team, Benjamin Boos, Tobias Buck-Gramcko, Bruno Kessler, Moritz Augenstein, Louis Gentzik and Max-David Briesewere is seen next to the highway in Mallorca, Spain, in this screen grab from a video obtained by Reuters on January 27, 2025. FORTA via REUTERS TV Six athletes of the German national track cycling team suffered injuries on Monday (January 27) when their group was hit by a car driven by an 89-year-old man on the Spanish island of Mallorca, the German Cycling Federation said. SPAIN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SPAIN

The car which rammed into six German national track team cyclists is seen next to the highway in Mallorca, Spain.

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MADRID - Six German national track team cyclists were injured on Monday when their group was hit by a car driven by an 89-year-old man in Mallorca, the German Cycling Federation said.

The car rammed into the group, which had just left their hotel in Palma de Mallorca for a training ride, head-on, as witnessed by national coach Lucas Schadlich who accompanied them by car, according to the federation.

The six cyclists - Benjamin Boos, Tobias Buck-Gramcko, Bruno Kessler, Moritz Augenstein, Louis Gentzik and Max-David Briesewere - were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries, including fractured bones, it added. REUTERS

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