Overwhelmed by a car at an intersection of via Cristoforo Colombo, the capital's high-traffic road. A violent impact that left no escape for a man aboard a scooter. Fatal accident in the late afternoon in Rome.
It happened around 6.30 pm at the intersection of via Cesare Federici and via Colombo, in the southern quadrant of the city.
On the spot the local police for the reliefs and the 118. Help was useless for the man, a 48-year-old, who was on the scooter.
The ambulance staff tried to revive him, but after several attempts they could not help but ascertain the death. The driver immediately stopped to alert the rescue.
Local police officers of the VIII Tintoretto Group are now at work to reconstruct the exact dynamics of the accident. During these hours the witnesses will be listened to and the images of the cameras present at the impact site will be screened.
Still to be clarified which of the two vehicles went through the red light. It seems that the car was traveling along the Colombo towards the center when the accident occurred at the intersection with via Federici, in the Garbatella area.
The brigade delimited the area to allow surveys and were also involved in facilitating traffic. Tilt traffic throughout the area at a routinely busy schedule.
And it is not the first time that a fatal accident involving a scooter has been recorded in the capital.
Among the most recent in September a 34-year-old Nigerian died in a collision with a car in via Chiana in the Trieste district.
The driver of the car, a 19-year-old, stopped to help.
Meanwhile, from tomorrow the management ordinance of the Municipality comes into force in Florence which provides for the obligation to wear a helmet for drivers of scooters regardless of age.
The provision extends the mandatory nature, already provided for by the legislation for drivers aged between 14 and 18, also to adults.