Prince Otto of Hesse reportedly killed in tragic motorbike accident near Lindau Lake Constance, in the southern state of Bavaria, Germany Sunday March 17.
The 55-year-old hit the guard rail suffering multiple injuries. He was pronounced dead at the scene, leaving four children Prince Max, 21, Princess Elena, 20, Prince Moritz, 13, and Prince Leopold, 11, and ex-wife, Carla Blickhaauser.
Otto was the second son of William of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld, the current head of the Hesse-Philippsthal family, and was also a descendant of King Frederick William III of Prussia and of William V of Orange-Nassau.
The 55-year-old hit the guard rail suffering multiple injuries. He was pronounced dead at the scene, leaving four children Prince Max, 21, Princess Elena, 20, Prince Moritz, 13, and Prince Leopold, 11, and ex-wife, Carla Blickhaauser.
'For reasons not yet known, the rider lost control of his vehicle, started to swerve and crashed into the guard rail,' a police report says.The prince who was a huge fan of sports cars and motorbike recently shared a picture of himself posing on the Ducati motorbike that he was riding at the time of the fatal crash.
Otto was the second son of William of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld, the current head of the Hesse-Philippsthal family, and was also a descendant of King Frederick William III of Prussia and of William V of Orange-Nassau.
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