The news does since yesterday (11.07.2025) the round of the internet and the media- her CEO wife Lufthansa she fatally wounded with her SUV a young woman as she crossed pedestrian crossing at Sardinia in Italy.
Vivian Spohr, wife of Lufthansa’s powerful man Carsten Spohr, is accused of hitting and killing Gaia Costa, a 24 -year -old babysitter, according to II Sole 24 Ore.
The 51 -year -old was driving an SUV BMW X5 on Tuesday (08.07.2025) around 13:00, with her daughter as a passenger when the accident happened, according to the media.
According to the L’inge Sarda newspaper, they told police that they saw Costa stretching her hand to signal the driver to stop, but instead saw the vehicle accelerate and hit Costa.
Rescuers who arrived at the scene of the accident tried to recover Costa for about 20 minutes before finding her death at the site of the accident as a result of a serious head injury, according to reports from Italy.
The same reports suggest that the authorities are investigating whether SPOHR used its mobile phone at the time of the accident. Alcohol and drug tests were negative, according to L’inge Sarda.
Authorities are considering the possibility of being charged with homicide by negligence, the newspaper added.
Carsten Spohr has been CEO of Deutsche Lufthansa AG since May 2014. He runs the Lufthansa group, which includes the Network Airlines, Eurowings, Logistics and Mro business sectors. They have over 100,000 employees around the world.
Vivian Spohr’s lawyer Angelo Merlini told the German newspaper Bild: “The exact circumstances are being investigated right now. The spohr family has expressed its heartfelt condolences to the victim’s family. “