Overview

• Antonio Pietro Ghiaccio, the 54-year-old vice-mayor of Scano Montiferro, was pushing his Harley Davidson after running out of fuel near San Vero Milis when he was struck
• Investigators say one vehicle passed dangerously close, a second hit Ghiaccio and fled, and a third struck his motorcycle before coming to a stop
• Carabinieri from the Oristano Nucleo Radiomobile, firefighters and the 118 ambulance service arrived at the scene and pronounced Ghiaccio dead
• Authorities have impounded the two vehicles that stopped and the motorcycle and are intensifying efforts to locate the hit-and-run driver
• The fatal collision underscores concerns over roadside safety and the prevalence of unpunished fleeing drivers on poorly lit regional roads