The bloodshed on Sardinia's roads continues. Recent days have left three communities in mourning—Quartu, Villasimius, and Illorai—shaken by the loss of two young people and a father. This tragedy has brought the island's road safety back into sharp focus. The latest fatal accident occurred yesterday in Quartu Sant'Elena, where Roberto Basciu, a 45-year-old married father of two young children, lost his life. The motorcyclist was returning home in the S'ecca S'arrideli area, a few hundred meters from the Funtaneddas roundabout, when, for reasons still under investigation, his Kawasaki collided head-on with a car traveling in the opposite direction.

The impact was violent, and there was nothing that could be done for Basciu. Rescue workers, who quickly arrived on the scene, proved ineffective. The Quartu community mourns yet another victim on a stretch of road already marked by numerous crosses. Another tragedy struck Villasimius, where the community awoke shocked by the death of Alessandro Zizzarro, 19, nephew of the owner of the Il Miraggio restaurant. The accident occurred around 2:30 a.m. on the night between Saturday and Sunday, on the road leading to the sea, near Piazzetta Simius, at the intersection of Via Matteotti and Via Le Palme. The young man was riding his scooter when he collided with a car carrying three local youths, and was thrown against a rock. Rescue efforts were also unsuccessful.

The issue of safety has once again come to the forefront following the New Year's Eve tragedy, which occurred on the night between January 31st and 1st, along Provincial Road 84 near Bottidda, when a car veered off the road while avoiding a wild boar. The Fiat Panda, skidding, overturned several times before crashing into a tree. The victim was Marco Boninu, 36, originally from Illorai. A 30-year-old passenger was injured. Firefighters from Bono pulled Boninu from the vehicle while he was still alive, but he died shortly afterward in the arms of emergency responders.

The problem of stray animals on the roads remains critical in the Nuoro area, particularly on State Road 131 in the Campeda area, where wild boars have caused several accidents in recent months, making the roads increasingly an obstacle course.

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