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A Carabiniere checks the motorcycle of Italian Andrea Pininfarina after a road accident in Trofarello, near Turin, on August 7, 2008. Pininfarina, 51, was killed today in a traffic accident outside northern Turin,Pininfarina was struck by a car as he was riding a motorcycle. He belonged to the third generation in a family business that began as a small auto body shop set up in 1930 by Giovanni Pininfarina. The founder's son Sergio built the firm into a world-class automotive design group. AFP PHOTO / Alessandro Altavilla (Photo credit should read Alessandro ALTAVILLA/AFP/Getty Images)

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