{"id":58664,"date":"2025-07-12T04:19:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T04:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/58664\/"},"modified":"2025-07-12T04:19:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T04:19:15","slug":"wife-of-lufthansas-ceo-fatally-runs-down-babysitter-on-vacation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/58664\/","title":{"rendered":"Wife of Lufthansa’s CEO fatally runs down babysitter on vacation"},"content":{"rendered":"

The wife of Lufthansa airline\u2019s billionaire CEO fatally ran down a babysitter while on vacation in Sardinia \u2014 then flew home to Germany while under investigation for vehicular homicide, according to reports.<\/p>\n

Vivian Alexandra Spohr, 51 \u2014 the wife of CEO Carsten Spohr \u2014 was behind the wheel of a BMW X5 on Tuesday afternoon when she struck Gaia Costa, 24, on a pedestrian crosswalk in the upscale Italian resort town of Porto Cervo, <\/a>according to Corriere News.<\/a><\/p>\n

Spohr allegedly continued driving until onlookers waved her down \u2014 leaving her so shocked that she fainted, Italien News reported.<\/a><\/p>\n

Vivian Alexandra Spohr, 51, is married to Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr. People Picture\/Willi Schneider\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n

Gaia Costa, 24, was struck on a pedestrian crosswalk in Porto Cervo. Jam Press<\/p>\n

Spohr allegedly continued driving until onlookers waved her down following the incident. Riccardo Frezza\/ipa-agency.net\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n

Paramedics spent 20 minutes trying to revive Costa, but the babysitter died from severe head injuries, the reports said.<\/p>\n

Spohr was formally identified as being under investigation for involuntary manslaughter \u2014 but the mom of two had already flown home to Berlin, Germany, according to the reports.<\/p>\n

The mom of two was formally identified as being under investigation for involuntary manslaughter, but had already flown home to Berlin. People Picture\/Willi Schneider\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n

However, she was not legally required to remain on the Italian island, and has vowed to cooperate, her attorney said.<\/p>\n

\u201cVivian Spohr, who was involved in the tragic death, expresses her dismay and deep regret over this very serious accident,\u201d the attorney, Angelo Merlini, told La Repubblica.<\/a><\/p>\n

Costa died from severe head injuries after being hit on her way to a babysitting gig. Jam Press<\/p>\n

Spohr\u2019s attorney said she was not legally required to remain on the Italian island, and has vowed to cooperate. Jam Press<\/p>\n

\u201cShe has placed herself at the complete disposal of the judicial authorities for the necessary investigations and, although aware that such a great personal loss cannot be remedied, will take steps to mitigate the consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n

The CEO\u2019s wife tested negative for alcohol or drugs, according to the reports, which said investigators are analyzing surveillance footage and Spohr\u2019s phone records to see if she was distracted at the time.<\/p>\n

The CEO\u2019s wife tested negative for alcohol or drugs. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Porto Cervo is a luxury resort area in Sardinia known for attracting high-profile visitors during the summer season.<\/p>\n

Italian prosecutors and Lufthansa did not immediately reply to a request for comment from The Post.<\/p>\n

Carsten Spohr, 58, and his wife share two daughters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The wife of Lufthansa airline\u2019s billionaire CEO fatally ran down a babysitter while on vacation in Sardinia \u2014…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":58665,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,5303,5416,2219,35912,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,107],"class_list":{"0":"post-58664","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-car-crashes","10":"tag-deaths","11":"tag-italy","12":"tag-lufthansa","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-city","15":"tag-newyork","16":"tag-newyorkcity","17":"tag-ny","18":"tag-nyc","19":"tag-united-states","20":"tag-united-states-of-america","21":"tag-unitedstates","22":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","23":"tag-us","24":"tag-usa","25":"tag-world-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114838343666813807","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}