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Romanian Trucker Drives over Motorist

We've all heard at one point what road rage can do and even seen some of the horrific aspects this type of behavior can take sometimes. What happened in Italy however can surely be classified as one of the most cruel road rage events recorded.

The story is centered around 31-year old Romanian truck driver Benjamin Bogdan and 49-year old Moreno Mariani. Fate had the two meet at a service station near Bolzano, in northern Italy last Tuesday. Bogdan was trying to park the rig in the service station, when he managed to scratch the side of Mariani's van, ripping off its side mirror in the process.

Mariani, as would any normal driver would do, asked for the Romanian's insurance, but the latter declined to provide the Italian with his papers. He instead drove off. Behind him, Mariani gave chase and managed to catch the truck driver at a toll station in Vipiteno.

Desperate to get the papers needed to repair his van and afraid Bogdan will cross the border into Austria, the Italian pursued a peculiar course of action: he got down on the ground in front of the truck, to stop it from moving.

Bogdan, for some reason, decided to run the Italian over. Mariani died, while the Romanian is now facing murder charges, despite claiming he didn't see the Italian in front of his truck.

"After being arrested at the scene, Bogdan claimed he did not see Mariani stretched out in front of him, but witness accounts suggest this was a deliberate act,"
a local police source told The Guardian.
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About the author: Daniel Patrascu
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Daniel loves writing (or so he claims), and he uses this skill to offer readers a "behind the scenes" look at the automotive industry. He also enjoys talking about space exploration and robots, because in his view the only way forward for humanity is away from this planet, in metal bodies.
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