{"id":21352,"date":"2014-05-29T09:31:23","date_gmt":"2014-05-29T09:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=21352"},"modified":"2014-05-29T09:35:17","modified_gmt":"2014-05-29T09:35:17","slug":"german-world-cup-stars-in-car-crash-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/05\/german-world-cup-stars-in-car-crash-2\/","title":{"rendered":"German World Cup stars in car crash"},"content":{"rendered":"
Two members of the German World Cup squad have been involved in a car accident at a driving event which left two others injured in northern Italy.<\/p>\n
Benedikt Hoewedes and Julian Draxler were passengers in separate cars in the Mercedes event on a closed circuit.<\/p>\n
One of the cars, with professional touring car driver Pascal Wehrlein at the wheel, struck two men near the team hotel, leaving one seriously hurt.<\/p>\n
The footballers were not injured in the accident, and have resumed training.<\/p>\n
The other car was being driven by Mercedes Formula One driver, Nico Rosberg.<\/p>\n
Hoewedes and Draxler play for German Bundesliga side Schalke 04 and have been selected to represent their country in next month’s World Cup in Brazil.<\/p>\n
Mercedes-Benz Motorsport said in a statement: “We will work in full cooperation with the authorities in determining the exact circumstances of the accident.”<\/p>\n