Kevin Russell, the singer from German rock band Böhse Onkelz, has been arrested over a hit and run which has left two people in a life-threatening condition
On New Year’s Eve, the driver of a luxury 420-horsepower Audi caused a horror accident on a Frankfurt motorway.
But while the victims fought for survival in their burning car, the driver who caused the crash fled the scene.
It is now suspected that Russell (45), lead singer with notorious rock band Böhse Onkelz – a play on the German for Bad Uncles – had been behind the wheel of the Audi, and may have been under the influence of drugs.
The accident took place at 8.25pm on the A66. Friends Jamal A. (19) and Fahdi A. (21) were driving in their Opel Astra when suddenly a black Audi R8 sports car rammed into them, pushing their car against the guard rail before it caught fire.
Police spokesman Manfred Füllhardt said: “The Audi driver fled on foot through the fields”.
Courageous passing motorists pulled the victims from the blazing wreckage, before police established the owner of the sports car – who had lent it to the Onkelz singer.
The next morning, Russell was held at the five star Villa Rothschild hotel in Frankfurt, where rooms start at €300.
A drug test proved positive for cocaine and cannabis.
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Next to the accelerator pedal investigators found part of his dentures, and there were traces of DNA on an airbag. There were also documents from the hotel and drug substitutes in the car.
An investigator told BILD: "We secured clear DNA from the airbag, and will now comapre it with a sample from the suspect. If it is a match, he is definitely the driver".
According to police, Russell also has blue marks on his torso exactly where a seatbelt would have been.
Shortly before the crash he made some purchases at a nearby petrol station – a visit which was caught on security cameras.
One investigator said: “The evidence is more than sufficient”.
The rocker has been released on €50,000 bail. The victims of the accident remain in a critical life-threatening condition.
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