Three German citizens were killed Saturday when the car they were travelling in, crashed into the back of a truck in north-eastern Italy, police officials said.
The victims - a 51-year-old-man, a 42-year-old woman and a 11- year-old girl - died at the scene of the accident which happened on the Brenner motorway, near the town of San Michele all'Adige in the Trentino-Alto Adige region.
The three came from Dusseldorf, according to local newsreports.