A car driven by a man without a licence and who had been using illegal drugs plowed into a team of amateur cycle racers in southern Italy yesterday, killing seven and injuring several others.
The dead were men ranging in age from 35 to 58 practising on a road in the southern region of Calabria.
Two other members of the local amateur racing team were seriously injured.
The driver, a Moroccan immigrant, was arrested and charged with multiple manslaughter.
Police said blood tests showed the man, who was himself hospitalized for injuries, was under the influence of marijuana. They said he was driving illegally because his license had been withdrawn six months ago for dangerous driving.
A boy who was in the car with him was also injured.
[Reuters]
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