Rome, hit by pirate scooter: physicist Cervellati dies

Roberto Cervellati, the 92-year-old physicist hit by an electric scooter while walking on the cycle path in Viale Angelico, in Rome, has died at the Gemelli Polyclinic. The accident occurred on Friday 6 November, around 3.30 pm, at street number 70.

After running over him, the driver of the vehicle drove away without providing assistance. The elderly man was taken to the Gemelli emergency room, where he died on Saturday 7 November. Cervellati, who would have turned 93 soon, had led the Italian Enea mission in Antarctica.

Investigations are underway by the Local Police of Rome Capital to identify the person driving the scooter and reconstruct the dynamics of the investment. Investigators are looking for useful elements in video surveillance images of the area.