Overview
- The collision occurred Monday around midday in the Cognento area between Correggio and Campagnola when 41-year-old Alessandro Magnani was struck while returning to his parked car after delivering notifications.
- Emergency teams sent an ambulance, a rapid-response vehicle and an air ambulance that flew Magnani to Ospedale Maggiore di Parma, where he died the following day.
- Paolo Belli, a 64-year-old singer and TV host, suffered only minor injuries, was treated at a local hospital and was reported to be in shock while asking rescuers about the victim's condition.
- Local police of the Unione Bassa Reggiana are reconstructing the dynamics and the public prosecutor is expected to order an autopsy and open a file that could be for omicidio stradale as investigators weigh trauma from the fall against a possible sudden medical event.
- Magnani was a local resident and volleyball coach whose death has drawn intense attention because of Belli’s celebrity, which may speed forensic and legal steps and heighten scrutiny of rural road safety for pedestrians and cyclists.