Two young men were hit by a car and fatally injured near the German city of Cologne while on the way home from a Carnival party.
The two men, aged 18 and 20, were walking along an unlit country road in Weilerswist on Sunday evening. The driver of the car was unable to react in time and hit them both, police said on Monday.
The 20-year-old died at the scene of the accident, the 18-year-old a little later in hospital.
A police spokesman said people celebrating Carnival had been walking along the country road all day. The route leads from the main town of Weilerswist to the district of Metternich, where a large carnival parade took place on Sunday.