19-year-old Italian bike owner Sara Piffer dies after being hit by automobile
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The 19-year-old bike owner Sara Piffer has tragically handed away after being struck by a automobile throughout a coaching session in Italy. Her brother was additionally hit by the automobile however he’s secure.
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A promising Italian bike owner, 19-year-old Sara Piffer, died Friday after being hit by a automobile throughout a coaching session, the affiliation of Italian racing cyclists (ACCPI) stated. “Our ideas go to the household of our member, Workforce Mendelspeck, to her companions within the group and to all those that right this moment are torn aside by the ache of one more life lower brief by violence on the roads,” the affiliation wrote on social media.
Piffer was a part of the Mendelspeck staff based mostly close to Bolzano, within the northern Italian area of Trentino-South Tyrol.
In response to preliminary experiences, she had been biking within the space together with her brother when a 70-year-old man driving within the different route hit her whereas overtaking one other automobile.
💔#SaraPiffer 2005 – 2025
Il nostro pensiero va alla famiglia di questa nostra associata, al @gsmendelspeck, alle compagne in gruppo e a tutti coloro che oggi sono straziati dal dolore dell’ennesima vita spezzata dalla violenza stradale. pic.twitter.com/WnU5bRVwHX
— ACCPI Assocorridori (@ACCPI1946) January 24, 2025
The brother was stated to be solely barely injured.
There have been quite a few non-competitive highway accidents involving skilled cyclists lately.
In August 2023, Belgian bike owner Tijl De Decker, 22, died after colliding with the rear of a automobile in a coaching journey.
In November 2022, Italian bike owner Davide Rebellin was knocked over and killed by a truck.
In 2017, one other Italian champion, Michele Scarponi, additionally died after being hit by a van whose driver was watching a video on his smartphone.
