Juventus-Parma game postponed after Parma fan run over and killed by Juventus bus (AP)

March 30, 2008 | By In Soccer |

A boy brings flowers under scarves, at top left, of the Parma and Juventus soccer clubs, knotted together at the Crocetta highway rest stop, on the Piacenza-Turin highway, where Parma soccer fan Matteo Bagnaresi was run over and killed as he was heading to Turin for the Italian Serie A first division soccer match between the two teams, Sunday, March 30, 2008. Juventus' match with Parma was postponed Sunday after Bagnaresi's death. The bus was empty at the time of the incident but was being used to transport Juventus fans to the game in Turin. In November, a Lazio fan was killed by police at a highway rest stop, sparking riots throughout the country.

Juventus’ match with Parma was postponed Sunday after a Parma fan was run over and killed by a bus at a highway rest stop. Both teams announced the postponement on their Web sites. “Juventus and Parma, with the approval of the appropriate authorities, have decided to postpone the game as a sign of mourning for the incident involving the Parma fan that was traveling to the Turin stadium,” the…

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