A woman was in serious condition in hospital near Parma Friday after being stabbed in the neck, chest and forearms and police sought her husband, who died shortly afterwards in a head-on collision with a van.
Police said they could not rule out a suicide by the 53-year-old man.
The van's two occupants are in serious condition.
The woman was stabbed at San Secondo Parmense.
The couple's two young children called the police.
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