A serious accident resulting in death has shocked the Martinsicuro area, in the Abruzzo region of Italy.
The victim was Emidio Croci, 47 years old, father of three children, who was fatally hit by an Albanian citizen.
According to Italian media , the suspected cause of the accident is a 41-year-old Albanian with the initials AK, a resident of San Benedetto del Tronto.
He was driving a Mercedes-Benz A-Class vehicle, which, according to reports, was traveling at high speed at the time of the collision with a Mercedes GLB SUV, where the Croci family was located.
In the fatal collision, Emidio Croci died on the spot, while his wife was rushed to the Sant'Omero hospital in serious condition. Their 11-year-old son, who suffered head trauma, was transported by helicopter to the Ancona hospital. Fortunately, his life is out of danger.
Immediately after the accident, the Albanian and another passenger in the vehicle he was driving fled the scene on foot, abandoning it without offering assistance.
The Italian police launched an intensive search to capture them, while a few hours later the 41-year-old Albanian turned himself in at the police station, where he was then taken to the hospital to receive medical treatment for the injuries he had suffered in the accident.
He is currently under investigation by the Teramo Prosecutor's Office for road homicide and leaving the scene of the accident as he is suspected of being under the influence of alcohol at the time of the accident.
Meanwhile, the second person in his vehicle remains at large.
The victim's body has been taken to the Teramo hospital morgue and is at the disposal of judicial authorities for further investigative actions.