OfRinaldo Frignani
It happened late on Friday evening in Via Suor Maria Mazzarello. The victim was 65 years old, while the man in hospital is 61. Investigations by the traffic police. A girl behind the wheel of the car. In 2024 already 55 deaths
A 65-year-old pedestrian died instantly. Another of 61 seriously injured and hospitalized. A 19-year-old girl behind the wheel of a Volkswagen Up was bruised and in shock. It’s the tragic outcome of the road accident that occurred late on Friday evening in via Suor Maria Mazzarello, in Tuscolano. The traffic police of the 1st Central Group are investigating the case. Since last January in Rome and its province 55 people lost their lives on the roadsincluding eight pedestrians.
Young woman subjected to alcohol and drug tests. Car seized
According to an initial reconstruction of the facts, the young woman driving the small car lost control of the car, perhaps due to excessive speed, hitting the two pedestrians before crashing. She introduced herself to the first responders a dramatic scene. Unfortunately, there was nothing that could be done for the 65-year-old. The other was instead urgently transported to the San Giovanni hospital with an Ares 118 ambulance and hospitalized with a reserved prognosis. However, his life would not be in danger. The motorist was subjected to the ritual tests. In the next few hours she could be investigated, as a matter of course, for vehicular homicide and injuries. The UP was seized.
Overwhelmed in front of his wife and daughter
The victim, resident in the eastern suburbs of the capital, was in the company of some people with whom she had gone to dinner in a pub on the same street. Among them also his wife and daughter. The group had stopped to chat in front of a driveway off the sidewalk when the car arrived. The car, for reasons currently under investigation, he skidded towards the group, he hit the two men and stopped his run against a parked Range Rover.
Pedestrian hit in Civitavecchia
Also during the night, a 50-year-old was seriously injured in another road accident involving a collision in via Aurelia Sud, near Riva di Traiano, in Civitavecchia. The victim was crossing the road when she was hit by a car, a Lancia Y, driven by a man identified by the police. The pedestrian was airlifted under code red to the Gemelli Polyclinic and hospitalized in intensive care.
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May 25, 2024 (modified May 25, 2024 | 11:11)
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