According to authorities, Spohr is alleged to have struck a 24-year-old Italian woman with her SUV near a road junction while on holiday in the upscale resort of Porto Cervo, in northern Sardinia’s Gallura region.

The young woman, who reportedly worked as a babysitter, died at the scene on Tuesday.

Tests for alcohol and drugs came back negative, according to local investigators. Police hope security camera footage from the area will shed more light on what happened.

A Swedish entrepreneur who once called herself the “queen of trash” has been sentenced to six years in prison for illegally dumping hundreds of thousands of tonnes of toxic waste in the country’s biggest environmental crime case.

Think Pink was hired to dispose of unwanted waste – largely building materials – by municipalities, building companies, apartment cooperatives and individuals. But the company did not deal with it appropriately, instead abandoning the unsorted waste illegally in piles at 19 locations across Sweden.

High levels of toxic PCB compounds, lead, mercury, arsenic and chemicals were released into the air, soil and water, posing a danger to human, animal and plant life.

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