Overview
- The 78-year-old barber and avid cyclist was struck on Stradelli Guelfi at the gates of Bologna and died despite about an hour of resuscitation efforts.
- Carabinieri and Bologna’s local police have set up roadblocks, are extracting license details from cameras, and are appealing for witnesses.
- Investigators are tracing a suspected older-model Opel Astra reported fleeing the scene, which was later said to have been abandoned with the driver escaping on foot according to local reports.
- The victim’s body has been placed at the disposal of judicial authorities for legal and forensic examinations.
- Friends and association leaders remembered Pausini, uncle of singer Laura Pausini, as a longtime Piazza Azzarita barber, cancer survivor, and Onconauti testimonial.