He fell ill while queuing in a car on state road 106, between Botricello and Cropani Marina, in the Catanzaro area, blocked by the farmers' protest which has been going on for eight days now and he died while being transported to hospital.
The man, who was 56 years old, was driving his car and was in the company of his daughter.
Once the alarm was raised, the air ambulance arrived on site with a medical team who provided first aid which, however, proved useless.
The farmers' protest, which started in Germany and France with tractor blockades, has also spread to some areas of our country.
New protest today near the Orte (Viterbo) motorway toll booth, on the A1.
The protesters, with some tractors and agricultural vehicles, gathered on the roundabout in front of the toll booth.
There were moments of tension.
The farmers in attendance attempted to block traffic but the police intervened and prevented the raid.
Not far away, around forty agricultural vehicles paralyzed traffic on the northern Cassia near Porta Fiorentina, one of the main access gates to Viterbo.
About seventy tractors and agricultural vehicles of various types gathered this morning in the parking lot of the Udine Stadium, coming from various locations in Friuli.
Over 400 tractors invaded the city of Foggia this morning from all over the province.
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