Lukas Podolski to be questioned over the car crash- Bundesliga News
FC Koln striker, Lukas Podolski, has been charged by the police after found guilty of smacking into a Peugeot that carried three members of the same family. He was driving to the training ground before the incident happened, and caused minor injuries to
the driver and his daughter.
It is believed that Podolski was carrying the disappointment of Friday’s home loss to Borussia Monchengladbach which became the main cause of accident.
The Billy Goats lost to the Foals in front of a jam-packed RheinEnergieStadion by an embarrassing 3-0 margin. Mike Hanke and Juan Arango scored goals for the visitors.
The ‘unsettled’ Podolski also started the game but was less influential, much to the discomfort of manager, Stale Solbakken.
Despite having scored nine league goals this season from 12 appearances, the striker has had the disappointment of losing most games and as a result find his team sitting 11th in the league standings, 13 points behind the current leaders, Borussia
Dortmund.
According to Podolski, he has a lot on his mind these days, which might be a reason behind the collision. He was extremely apologetic to the family and made himself available for all financial bearings that the family is going to counter.
The driver, Eduard Paller, accused Podolski of rash driving and demanded proper questioning of the German international. He also complait of striker’s casual attitude in all this matter.
Paller told that Podolski never came back to inquire his health and neither he was there when ambulance was taking him and his daughter to a nearby hospital.
While talking to Punkt12, the driver said:
"[Podolski] saw that we were taken away in an ambulance."[Podolski] saw that we were taken away in an ambulance. We would have thought that he could have asked about us at least once. But he did nothing!"
However, Podolski has dismissed the accusations. He accepted his mistake and according to him, has already offered financial support to the family.
"I immediately inquired about the welfare of the other drivers. Fortunately, not much happened." Podolski concluded.
Podolski has so far 24 league goals to his name for Koln in the Bundesliga and is expected to part ways with the club at the end of current 2011/12 campaign.
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