Hit by truck on runway, air ambulance driver dies. The Frecce Tricolori present has been cancelled

A tragic loss of life, a ridiculous finish. This is how the accident took the lifetime of Paolo Dal Pozzo, 41 years previous from Varese, who was the pilot of the 118 helicopter, hit by a tanker whereas strolling on the highway on the primary day of the Air Show. It can be troublesome to reconstruct how the person – an worker of Avincis, an organization liable for air rescue in Abruzzo – ended up between the tractor and the trailer, with out noticing that the heavy car had began; possibly the sound of airplane engines was distracting him. The prosecutor’s workplace opened an investigation and picked up the testimony of many who got here to see the Frecce Tricolori check. The protest was undoubtedly known as off within the afternoon. Dal Pozzo additionally labored as a pilot in Tuscany and Lombardy.