Man arrested after cop dies in crash during chase near Milan

A 27-year-old Albanian man has bden

arrested after a 39-year-old local police officer, Francesco

Imprezzabile, died after a crash on his motorbike while he was

chasing the man's car that failed to stop at a checkpoint in the

town of Peschiera Borromeo, near Milan, late on Monday.

Imprezzabile died of his injuries in Milan's Niguarda hospital

after being rushed there by air ambulance following the crash.

The SUV vehicle Imprezzabile was in pursuit of was found dumped

in the town of Pioltello, not far from the crash, and the

suspected driver, named as B.G., was tracked down on Tuesday in

the province of Monza and Brianza and detained along with

another person.

Police said the suspects were both young Albanian nationals.

On the basis of initial investigations, Milan prosecutors have

ruled out the hypothesis that the fatal crash was deliberately

caused by the SUV running Imprezzabile off the road.

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