Traffic policeman hit by car loses one leg and risks losing the other

Three traffic policemen were hit on Via Tiburtina in Rome, with serious consequences for one of them, a 24 year old.

The traffic warden, hired for only two months, was just days away from completing his probationary period. What was supposed to be the beginning of a career turned into a tragedy: during a routine service activity, while reporting an accident with no injuries, he and two other colleagues were hit, and now one of them risks losing a second limb, after the amputation of the first.

Trade unionist Marco Milani, Roman secretary of Sulpl, released a statement describing the dynamics of the accident, underlining how the carabiniere ignored the safety lanes, hitting the officers with such force that their vehicle overturned.

Milani expressed sorrow and closeness for the incident, denouncing the precarious safety conditions and the lack of protection for the Local Police officers, recalling that the young policeman even risks losing his job if the convalescence period were to exceed eight months, due to a private contract that does not recognize the police officers as a Police Force.

The union also reiterated the need for a national reform to improve safety and work organization for local police officers, asking institutions to intervene with less hypocrisy and more determination to ensure training, adequate tools and protection for officers.