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Security Guard, 35, Killed While Aiding Rollover on Rome’s Ring Road

Investigators are examining how a passing car hit the helper after a rollover.

Overview

  • Antony Josue, a 35-year-old private security guard, died on the GRA near the Tuscolana exit after stopping to help at an overturned car.
  • He had radioed his control room and was checking the overturned Fiat 500 when a Mercedes driven by a 22-year-old struck him.
  • The impact killed Josue and the Mercedes then hit another car, injuring several people who were taken in moderate condition to the Tor Vergata and Sant’Eugenio hospitals.
  • Traffic police, ambulance crews, and firefighters responded, seized the vehicles involved, and opened an investigation to reconstruct the sequence of crashes.
  • Officers tested the 22-year-old driver for alcohol and drugs and reported him on suspicion of vehicular homicide, while Josue leaves a wife and two young children.