A tragic accident occurred at dawn on Wednesday on the A1 motorway, at kilometer 509, between Orte and Ponzano Romano, south.
A 75 -year -old manresident in the province of Messinawas Invested and killed by a transit van while he was at the center of the roadway, near the Flaminia service area.
The driver of the van, a 27 -year -old man of Moroccan origin, did not stop after the impact, continuing his race. However, some motorists witnesses the scene promptly noted the number of plates and alerted the rescue by calling 112.
The firefighters and the patrols of the Traffic Police of the compartment of Rome intervened on the spot, who immediately started the investigations. The agents managed to track down the vehicle and the driver in Rome: the twenty -seven year old will be reported for road murder.
From the first reliefs it emerges that the victim was walking on foot not on the side of the road, but at the center of the roadway, assuming an attempt to cross the three lanes of the highway. The exact circumstances of the accident remain to be clarified and the reason why man was in that position. On the stretch of road where the investment occurred, there are no surveillance cameras, making the reconstruction of the facts more complex.
Following the accident, traffic on the A1 suffered heavy repercussions, with a four kilometer tail. To facilitate the viability towards Rome, the compulsory exit in Orte was arranged, with a deviation on the Via Cassia and return to the highway in Ponzano Romano.