Inter Mailands Substitute goalkeeper Joseph Martinez is in one involved in a fatal traffic accident. On a country road near Lake Como in northern Italy, the 27-year-old professional soccer player hit a pensioner with his car who was using an electric wheelchair, the police said. The 81-year-old man was killed.
Martinez in shock after fatal traffic accident
The exact process is still unclear. According to initial investigations, the pensioner is said to be on the street in the municipality of Fenegrò with his four-wheeled wheelchair surprisingly turned around have. Martinez is said to have been traveling in the opposite lane. It was said that he could no longer avoid it.
Many professionals from Milan traditionally live near Lake Como. According to the club, the goalkeeper is standing in shock. Martinez played for RB Leipzig in the Bundesliga between 2020 and 2022. At Inter, the Spaniard represents the former Gladbach and Bayern goalkeeper Yann Sommer (36).