By Shawn Henry 
Milan authorities are scrambling to piece together the chaos of a pre-dawn wreck that turned deadly, leaving a 19-year-old in the morgue and three others banged up. The sheer brutality of the crash—a rented Mercedes G-Class and an Opel Corsa smashing together with enough fury to rip the SUV’s body clean off its frame—has sent shockwaves through the city.
Details are still murky, but here’s what we know so far. The Mercedes, likely a high-octane AMG model, packed four people inside: a 30-year-old woman, a 23-year-old dude, a 20-year-old suspected of driving without a license, and the teen, who didn’t make it. Meanwhile, the Opel’s driver, a 32-year-old, allegedly flunked an on-the-spot drug test. Classic.
At first, cops thought the dead kid had been driving. Plot twist: they suspect the 20-year-old was actually behind the wheel and tried dodging blame by pretending he was just some guy who happened to be there. Surveillance video, blood-soaked clothes, and a lone shoe left in the wrecked SUV blew his cover.
Images from the scene are brutal. The once-imposing Mercedes? Reduced to scrap metal, its ladder frame tossed like a discarded toy, the body torn apart like it was made of paper. Bits of the beast—spare tire cover, a rogue wheel—littered the asphalt. The Opel? Crushed, sure, but at least it still looked like a car.
Speed almost definitely played a part. Let’s be real: a tank-sized SUV with that much horsepower? A recipe for disaster in reckless hands. Cops are still untangling the mess, but the sheer wreckage screams one thing: power without control is just a ticking bomb. No happy endings here.