Overview

• Prosecutors have opened a multiple-homicide inquiry into the August 3 SP231 crash near Terlizzi after a Lancia Delta driver killed three amateur cyclists and gravely injured a fourth, with toxicology and speed reconstructions under way.
• A wrong-way collision on Parma’s Tangenziale Sud—the third such fatal head-on crash in a week—has led ANAS and Autostrade per l’Italia to conduct technical reviews of signage and entry-ramp controls on national motorways.
• On August 4 a truck on the A1 between Arezzo and Valdarno plowed into a Misericordia ambulance, killing two volunteer operators and their patient and injuring fifteen others as police collect tachograph data and order driver health tests.
• Polizia Stradale investigators confirmed that a Porsche stolen from a Tivoli workshop veered into oncoming traffic before smashing into an industrial gate in the pre-dawn hours of August 4, killing one occupant and critically injuring two more as they probe the theft and crash mechanics.
• ASAPS reports that cyclist fatalities have climbed 21.8 percent to 130 year-to-date, fueling renewed calls from safety advocates for upgraded infrastructure, stricter enforcement and targeted summer-traffic measures.