Traffic collision: policeman dies in Rome, four injured

A total of four people were injured in last night's crash between two police cars in Rome, in which a 32-year-old officer, Amar Kudin, lost his life. They were three policemen and a man who had been stopped shortly before. According to the reconstruction by the local police, who are in charge of the investigation, Amar was in a squad car of the Primavalle police station driven by a colleague and was sitting on the passenger side. In the back seat was the stopped man. The car in which Amar Kudin was travelling was headed to the police station and was driving along via dei Monfortani towards Torrevecchia. The accident allegedly occurred at an intersection. The other squad car, heading for the scene of a fight in the Corso Francia area, was coming from Via Trionfale in the direction of Pineta Sacchetti. On impact, both squad cars overturned.

A native of Makarska, Croatia, Amar Kudin, the policeman who died in the accident, had moved to Italy with his family at a very young age, approaching rugby with the Benetton Rugby youth team, and then moving to Rugby San Donà in the top seniores championship. He had returned to Benetton Rugby in 2014, playing six matches with the green-and-white Franchigia between URC and European Cups, returning to San Donà in 2015/16 and then moving to the Fiamme Oro, at the same time embarking on a career as a policeman and wearing the Crimson shirt on 97 occasions. In the 2024/25 season, having dedicated himself entirely to his career with the Polizia di Stato, he had settled at Civitavecchia, in Serie A. He had represented Italy as Italy's U20 hooker in two matches of the 2011 Six Nations in his category. In his memory, the federal president 'has ordered a minute's silence on all Italian pitches at the weekend'.