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Man drives over and kills woman ‘for kissing on zebra crossing'

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Man drives over and kills woman ‘for kissing on zebra crossing'
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A young man felt so provoked by a couple kissing on a zebra crossing that he drove them over, killing the woman, prosecutors in Frankfurt said on Wednesday.

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Acting under the influence of alcohol, the 26-year-old stopped at a zebra crossing when he noticed a couple kissing on the road, according to the prosecutors.

When they carried on kissing regardless of the traffic on the road, he drove on, stopping two metres in front of them, in the incident which took place in September 2015.

But the couple still kept kissing. Feeling provoked, the young man put his foot on the pedal and drove into them.

The 38-year-old male was lightly injured in the crash. But the 40-year-old woman fell under a front wheel of the car and died through suffocation.

The man is now being investigated on one count of manslaughter and one count of bodily harm.

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