This morning at the Brenner crossing, the Carabinieri of the Vicenza Investigative Unit took over Wolfgang Rieke , the German truck driver responsible for having run over and killed the former cycling champion Davide Rebellin in a road accident .

A precautionary custody order was issued against the man by the Vicenza magistrate for the crime of road homicide and failure to help.

THE ACCIDENT – The tragedy happened last November 30 , when Rebellin was hit in a Montebello Vicentino roundabout by the articulated lorry driven by the lorry driver, who then fled. To frame him, however, some photos taken by witnesses present on the scene at the time of the tragedy.

Rieke - subject to agreements between the Public Prosecutor's Office, soldiers of the Arma and the defenders - spontaneously presented himself for the purpose of executing the precautionary measure . At the end of the identification and notification operations in the offices of the Provincial Command of the Carabinieri, he will be transferred to the prison of Vicenza.

(Unioneonline/vl)