Truck driver run down, killed during fuel-price protest near Caserta

(ANSA) - ROME, APR 20 - A truck driver is dead after being hit and killed by a car on Monday on the A1 highway near Caserta during a protest related to a strike by hauliers against high fuel prices. The Trasporto Unito hauliers association said the strike, which had been scheduled to run until Saturday, has been suspended in the wake of the man's death. "The strike had begun at midnight, and the protest sites were being set up when a car speeding hit a driver who was organizing the protest ne...

By ANSA