Overview

• The victim, identified as Mattia Nicholas Liguori, 17, was struck around 2 a.m. near 115A Corso di Francia and died shortly after being taken to Policlinico Gemelli.
• Initial police findings indicate he was on his bicycle crossing at a pedestrian crosswalk with a 19-year-old friend, who was injured and left in shock.
• The driver, a 20-year-old Italian in a Volkswagen Golf, stopped to assist and tested negative for alcohol and drugs at Sant’Andrea hospital.
• Prosecutors opened a vehicular-homicide case as routine procedure, with no determinations yet on fault.
• Polizia Locale investigators are examining the traffic light’s functioning and the car’s speed, and the fatality has refocused attention on recurring deadly crashes along Corso di Francia.