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Rome Police Investigate After Teenager Killed in Motorcycle Crash Into Pole

9 articles | Updated 6d ago | Created Mar 08

A 19-year-old motorcyclist was killed instantly after crashing into a pole on Viale Giardino d'Ottavia, Rome's outskirts at approximately midnight this evening (March 8). Police from the XIV Monte Mario Group responded to find that while no other vehicles were involved in what appears so far as an isolated incident with only one vehicle and rider present. Authorities are currently investigating the exact dynamics of how control was lost leading directly into a fatal impact on site near Ottavia, Rome where rescue efforts proved futile despite immediate arrival at 12:03 AM local time (March 8).

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    A nineteen-year-old motorcyclist died instantly after crashing into a pole on Viale Giardino d'Ottavia, Rome.
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    The incident occurred around midnight (mezzanotte) when the rider lost control of his motorcycle and struck an obstacle alone in traffic.
[Mar 08] Police investigated a fatal crash involving nineteen-year-old motorcyclist who hit pole on Viale Giardino d'Ottavia, Rome around midnight. The rider lost control of his motorcycle and struck an obstacle alone in traffic.