Physicist Roberto Cervellati dies after e-scooter hit-and-run in Rome

On 6 November 2026, at about 15:30, Roberto Cervellati, 93, was struck by an electric scooter while walking on a cycle path on viale Angelico in Rome, near number 70. The rider left without checking on him. Rescuers and officers from the I Gruppo Prati of Rome's Local Police attended the scene, and Cervellati was taken to the emergency department of the Agostino Gemelli hospital in serious condition. He died there the following day, Saturday 7 November.

Cervellati was a physicist who had coordinated the Italian ENEA mission to Antarctica. The Local Police have taken measurements at the scene, heard people who may have witnessed the incident and begun checking surveillance cameras along viale Angelico to reconstruct the sequence of events. Investigators are still searching for the scooter rider, who has not yet been identified.