- Sara Piffer was out for a training trip with her brother near her home in Trentino
The father of a young promising cyclist who was beaten in front and killed, since he was surpassed by a 70 -year -old driver has said the man responsible for his daughter's death.
Sara Piffer, 19, was out of a training trip with her brother near her home in Trentino, in northern Italy, when the driver crashed with her.
The father of the young athlete, Lorenzo, said that his son asked him to forgive the driver, who is now being investigated for vehicular homicide.
“After the accident, my Christian son hugged me and said:” Dad please, forgive him. Because I think he is also suffering right now. Then I decided to forgive him. Then justice will take its course.
According to reports, Christian called his father after his sister was hit, tragically telling him “Sara is not breathing.”
It is said that several other witnesses have seen the collision and have confirmed details of what happened to the police.
Lorenzo said his daughter “was always careful” when he was on the roads and was happy to train with his brother.
He said she had told him before leaving: “Dad, we always pay attention, it is the others who do not pay attention.” And unfortunately it was.
Lorenzo said that Sara was “a flower, a gift from God”, and said he was “grateful” of having had her in his life (in the photo together)
Lorenzo said his daughter “was always careful” when he was on the roads and was happy to train with his brother
In tribute to his daughter, Lorenzo said that Sara was “a flower, a gift from God”, and said he was “grateful” of having had her in his life.
The teenager was sports and artistic, and enjoyed painting and making sculptures, even restoring the statue of the Virgin Mary in the city of Mezzocorona, where he lived.
“She was good to do everything,” her father said in an emotional interview with the Italian media.
Sara's death has shocked many in the local area. The president of the province of Trento, Maurizio Fugatti, said in a statement: “Our condolences are with the family, friends and the entire community.”
Following the death of his daughter, Lorenzo said that the roads had become more dangerous and that they were now a “wild west.”
'I would say we need more common sense. Unfortunately, they always realize that it is too late. Maybe to save that minute they put other people the lives of other people. I see that things get worse on the roads, “he said.
Sara Piffer, 19, was out of a training trip with her brother near her home in Trentino, in northern Italy, when the driver crashed with her
His death is only the last of a series of tragedies on Europe's roads to shake the cycling community.
Last September, the 18 -year -old Swiss cyclist Muriel Furrer crashed and suffered a “serious traumatic brain injury” while competing in the World road championship and cycling in Zurich.
In July, the Norwegian cyclist Andre Drege, 25, was fatally injured in an accident during the Austria tour, with the final stage of the competition replaced by a commemorative trip for the athlete.
And in June 2023, the Swiss rider Gino Mäder, a former winner of the D'Titis turn stage, died at 26 after colliding against a ravine during the Tour de Suisse.