The Italian roads have claimed a new, very young victim, and once again, yet another, it is a boy who trained on a bike and dreamed of becoming a racing champion. cycling. Matteo Lorenzi, 17 years old, died shortly after arriving at the intensive care unit of the Santa Chiara hospital in Trento, where he had been transferred by fire brigade helicopter. In his first year as a junior, Matteo was training Thursday afternoon wearing his team jersey.Us Montecorona, the team in which, among others, Enrico, the son of the two-time Giro winner Gilberto Simoni, plays. But shortly after 3.30pm, he was hit by a van at Civezzanoin the direction of Piné, on the road that leads to Fornace, where he lived.
Matteo Lorenzi hit by a van
Overwhelmed and thrown for many meters on the asphalt, Matteo was immediately rescued, but for him every attempt was in vain. The circumstances are still being investigated, but the van and another car would be involved: the cause of the accident would be a failure to give way when exiting a side street in the Sille industrial area. The medical team immediately started life-saving maneuvers, but the timely intervention was in vain. The wounds proved fatal.
Carlo Rebellin: “Road only for cars. Motorcycles, pedestrians and cyclists are unwanted guests”
by Cosimo Cito
March 21, 2024
Death Matteo Lorenzi, the words of Gilberto Simoni
Disconsolate Gilberto Simonithan to the daily newspaper Dolomites spoke of an “absurd tragedy”: “We lost a 17-year-old boy who played sport with an incredible passion, he was committed, he wasn’t satisfied, he made sacrifices, because cycling is a sport of great effort, with little satisfaction – maybe – but the ones you manage to get are worth a lot. The training is hard, on the roads which are increasingly dangerous and then there are the races. It’s absurd juniors, the season had just begun and ours is a good team, made up of a group of very good guys who are great friends. We are shocked: my son Enrico he was among those who were waiting for him to train together. He is shocking.”
Francesco Moser: “You can’t die like this”
The cycling champion, Francesco Moserto the Corriere del Trentino vented all his anger: “This is news that we would never want to receive. It’s not right to die like this. When I was racing there were fewer cars, but now they have increased exponentially. The advice I have always given to young people is to practice on the streets little traffic”.
