Bad luck story of the week

An Italian pensioner who arrived late for the AF447 last week has been killed in a car accident. Johanna Ganthaler from Bolzano-Bozen province had been holidaying with her husband in Brazil but missed the fated flight after turning up last for the flight from Rio de Janeiro.

The ANSA news agency reports that the couple managed to catch a flight from Rio the following day. It then reports that Ms Ganthaler was killed when their car veered across a road in Kufstein, Austria, and swerved into an oncoming truck. Her husband was seriously injured.

As they say, when its your time....

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