The hearing of Wolfgang Rieke, the German truck driver accused of hitting and killing ex-pro cyclist 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Davide Rebellin while driving in 2022, has been d♎elayed after he suffe✤red an ischemic stroke.

Rieke was taken to hospital in Treviso in "a very serious condition" according to 💎a rep▨ort from .

His lawyers have now requested a postponement of the 63-year-old's trial, with the req♈uest set to be evaluated on Tuesday afternoon. Rieke has been under house arrest since February.

Back in February, Rieke's request for a plea bargain of three years and 11 months of house arrest was 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:reject🌞ed by 🅘the court in Vicenza hearing the case🔯. The 🔜trial had been set to begin on Monday, May 27.

Rieke, who had previously been charged with driving under the inꦛfluence of alcohol after a non-fatal hit-and-run, reportedly struck Rebellin with his truck in Montebello Vicentino on November 3ꦬ0, 2022. 

Eyewitnesses at the scene reported seeing Rieke get out of his truck a⛦nd approach Rebellin's body before driving away.

Rieke escaped to Germany without reporting the incident but was soon identified and traced by police and was extradited to Italy to fa🔥ce trial. An initial plea bargain request of two years and 11 months was rejected by the prඣesiding judge. 

Rebellin's family have been compensated approximately €825,000 by his employer's insurance company, but the trial of the person charged with causing his fatal♍ accident now looks set to f🌱ace further delays.