• Auto overwhelms two fans: one dead and one injured. Three in police headquarters
  • Auto overwhelms dying fan. An injured man in the hospital. Three people accompanied to the police headquarters

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by Tiziana Di Giovannandrea 19 January 2020 The police are investigating the circumstances that led to the death of a 39-year-old fan, Fabio Tucciariello , of the Vultur Rionero team, swept away at around 14.00, near the Vaglio di Basilicata railway station ( Potenza) from a car that hit him, killing him instantly.

Tucciariello, worker of Rionero in Vulture, was a passionate supporter of the team. Together with other friends he was participating in the trip to Brienza, valid for the championship of Excellence in Basilicata, to follow the team. Vultur fans who were traveling on two minibuses were standing in the middle of the road. In addition to Tucciariello, three other fans were injured: one more severely was hospitalized in Potenza for a broken arm, forearm and leg. The other two, hospitalized in yellow code, were discharged and listened to by the police.

Some Melfi fans were traveling in the investing car. The car, a Fiat Punto, was tracked by the police and the three people found on board, three Melfi fans, were accompanied to the police headquarters to listen to their version of the facts. The three fans have been heard for a long time. The agents of the Police Headquarters of Potenza are also listening to numerous people to understand if the investment is a desired or accidental fact, linked to a tragic fatality.

"I am baffled" were the words of the FIGC president , Gabriele Gravina , on behalf of all Italian football. Rionero and Melfi are the two most important towns of Vulture, in the heart of Basilicata, distant from each other only about fifteen kilometers. The supporters from Rione are twinned with those of Potenza Calcio: after the news of Tucciariello's death, the rossoblù fans have lowered the flags and banners and have left in advance the Massimino stadium in Catania where a game of group C of the series C was in progress The Melfitans, on the other hand, are twinned with the fans of the Lavello, another formation of Lucanian Excellence.

The prefect of Potenza , Annunziato Vardè , following the "very serious episode that happened near the Vaglio Basilicata station in which a 39-year-old man died and other people were injured, one of whom was seriously injured", he called for tomorrow Monday at 9 - a note informs - a meeting of the Provincial Committee for the Order and public safety, in the presence of the mayors of the Municipalities of Melfi (Pz) and Rionero in Vulture (Pz) as well as the Presidents of the respective football teams. Immediately, in agreement with the Quaestor of Potenza "public order services in the two Municipalities were intensified to the maximum - as stated in a note - to prevent clashes between the two rival fans".