A 29-year-old motorist was
arrested Wednesday after he ran over and killed a cyclist in
what is one of the first applications of Italy's new vehicular
homicide law.
Passed in March, that law sets prison terms of 2-7 years
for drivers who wrongfully kill one person, of 12 years for
killing one person while drunk, and up to 18 years if there are
multiple victims.
Licenses can be confiscated for a term ranging from five
to 30 years.
The Piacenza driver hit the 36-year-old cyclist with his
SUV while trying to overtake another vehicle in a no-passing
lane, police said.
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