*** update: the police has confirmed that Licitra was not wearing a helmet while riding a scooter; he lost control, and fell. His girlfriend, who was with him, is unharmed.
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The 43-year-old Italian tenor Salvatore Licitra is fighting for his life in the ICU of Garibaldi hospital in Catania, Italy: last night Licitra suffered extensive injuries to his head and chest in a car crash and has undergone surgery.
More information in Italian here.