A 60-year-old man died after being hit by a high-powered car on the road which connects Cozze to They converse (Bari). According to what has been reconstructed, the man was helping his son ran out of petrol.
Run over and killed by a hit-and-run driver in Conversano
The tragedy occurred in night between Sunday 5th and Monday 6th May near They conversea municipality of almost 26 thousand inhabitants located in the metropolitan city of Bariin Puglia.
According to an initial reconstruction, the 60 year old was pouring petrol in the tank of his son’s car which ran out of fuel when he was hit.
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Carabinieri investigations underway
About what happened the police are investigating which must trace the identity of the motorist who did not stop provide assistance.
According to initial reconstructions, the hit-and-run driver who hit and killed the 60-year-old was driving a White Volvo.
The law on road homicide in Italy
In Italy, anyone cause the death of a person with violation of road traffic regulations is punished with imprisonment from 2 to 7 years and from 5 to 10 years for the vehicular homicide committed by drunk driver author of imprudent and risky behavior.
The tragedy occurred in the municipality of Conversano, in Puglia
According to the Asaps Observatory, Association of Friends and Supporters of the Traffic Police, the accidents caused by serious episodes of road hackingi.e. all those driving behaviors that violate the rules of the Highway Code, in 2022 in Italy there were 959 and caused 86 dead and as many as 1,143 injured.
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Yet another hit-and-run episode
A similar episode happened on Saturday 27 April, Michele Dalla Valle, man of 57 years oldwas hit by a hit-and-run driver. After a few hours it is died due to the injuries reported.
It happened Carpanetoa small municipality in the province of Piacenza with just over 7 thousand inhabitants.
Dalla Valle was hit between 11pm and midnight, a few meters from his home. According to what the newspaper Il Piacenza reports, he did not die instantly.
In the late afternoon of January 29th, a 38 year old was hit from a car to Arezzo. Even in that case, the hit-and-run driver did not stop to help the overwhelmed person.
Photo source: ANSA
